“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
Molière · Le Dépit Amoureux, 1656
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
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“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
“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move.”
Jesus of Nazareth · Matthew 17:20, New International Version
“One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.”
Franklin A. Thomas · widely attributed to Franklin A. Thomas, former president of the Ford Foundation
