The difference between perseverance and obstinacy
is that one often comes from a strong will, and
the other from a strong won't.
H.W. Beecher

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve
greatly.
Robert F. Kennedy

Being moderate with oneself and generous with
others; this is what is meant by having a just
relationship with money, by being free as far as
money is concerned.
Natalia Ginsburg

Never look down to test the ground before taking your
next step: only he who keeps his eyes fixed on the
far horizon will find his right road.
Dag Hammarskjold

That man is the richest whose pleasures are
the cheapest.

Henry David Thoreau, Journal, 11 March 1856.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one
is constantly making exciting discoveries.
A. A. Milne

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one
is constantly making exciting discoveries.
A. A. Milne

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points
out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doers of
deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the
man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred
by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who
errs and comes short again and again... who knows the
great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends
himself in a worthy cause; who at the least knows in
the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at
the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring
greatly, so that his place shall never be with those
cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt

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The best thing to give to your enemy is
forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to
a friend, your heart; to your child, a good
example; to a father, deference; to your
mother, conduct that will make her proud of
you; to yourself, respect; to all men,
charity.
Francis Maitland Balfour

Realize that there are no hopeless situations; there
are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
Norman Vincent Peale

Realize that there are no hopeless situations; there
are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
Norman Vincent Peale

Tact is the art of making a point without
making an enemy.
Howard W. Newton

Without passion man is a mere latent force
and possibility, like the flint which awaits
the shock of the iron before it can give forth
its spark.
Henri Amiel

Quote: Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive cannot be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.

Norman Vincent Peale was a controversial preacher who burst into public consciousness with his best-selling book, The Power of Positive Thinking and his magazine, "Guideposts."

Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears.

Stedman Graham is the founder of Athletes Against Drugs and a motivational speaker and writer.