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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

— Confucius

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

If you're going through hell, keep going.

— Winston Churchill

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

— Thomas Edison

He that can have patience can have what he will.

— Benjamin Franklin

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

— Albert Einstein

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

— Seneca

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

— Maya Angelou

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

— Abraham Lincoln

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

— Marcus Aurelius

O human race, born to fly upward, why do you fall by such a little wind?

— Dante Alighieri

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

— Victor Hugo

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: hard work, stick-to-itiveness, and common sense.

— Thomas Edison

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls.

— Khalil Gibran

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Never give in, never, never, never, never.

— Winston Churchill

It always seems impossible until it's done.

— Nelson Mandela

Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.

— John Milton

Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.

— Winston Churchill

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

— Nelson Mandela

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

— Confucius

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

— Albert Einstein

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