Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.

Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is read more

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow

The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on read more

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is read more

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now read more

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.

We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve to measure read more

We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.