Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
- John F. Kennedy

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
- David Brinkley

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
- Andre Gide

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
- William A. Ward

Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day.
- Booker T. Washington

If your life doesn't have problems/challenges, you don't have a life! Problems are normal to life, so relax. Problems are those things which can be solved. If it can't be solved, it's not a problem; it's a fact of life! But never make a fact of life your problem!
- Bishop Dale C. Bronner

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves - to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.
- Stewart B. Johnson

Don't worry about moving slow.
Worry about standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
- Thomas Carlyle

A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
- Ernest Hemingway

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.
- Richard E. Byrd

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.
- Henry David Thoreau

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
- Vince Lombardi