“We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.”
Eleanor Roosevelt · You Learn by Living, 1960
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“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”
Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1854
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
Molière · Le Dépit Amoureux, 1656
“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.”
Barry Finlay · Kilimanjaro and Beyond, 2011
“You don't climb mountains without a team, you don't climb mountains without being fit, you don't climb mountains without being prepared and you don't climb mountains without balancing the risks and rewards.”
Howard Skinner · widely attributed
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”
William Ellery Channing · Self-Culture, 1838
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”
John F. Kennedy · Address to the National Prayer Breakfast, 1963
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
Karen Lamb · widely attributed to Karen Lamb
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Theodore Roosevelt · widely attributed to Roosevelt
“You are never strong enough that you don't need help.”
César Chávez · widely attributed, labor movement speeches
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
Nelson Mandela · widely attributed, various speeches post-1990
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
Confucius · attributed to Confucius, various collections
