When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed," you find that it simply read more

When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed," you find that it simply means to follow through.

Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right

Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right

A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them read more

A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.

The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.

The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway read more

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong