never give up then...

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you till it seems you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." -- Harriet Beecher Stowe, author

"There comes a special moment in everyone's life; a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission-a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he finds greatness. It is his finest hour." -- Winston Churchill, British prime minister 

"Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little." -- Lee Iacocca, executive 

"There are three hungers that people are trying to feed throughout their lives. The first is to connect deeply with the creative spirit of life. The second is to know and express your gifts and talents. The third is to know that our lives matter. Fulfillment comes from feeding these three hungers." -- Richard Leider, executive 

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get." -- Dave Gardner, comedian

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills that you should avoid

"Learn to see in another's calamity the ills that you should avoid". -- Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. president

 "No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy." -- Ayn Rand, writer  

"Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought." -- Napolean Hill, author  

"Hope is a vigorous principle; it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. It makes a seeming impossibility give way." -- Jeremy Collier, critic  

"You can't do it unless you can imagine it." -- George Lucas, director 

"Difficulties are things that show a man's nature." -- Epictetus, philosopher 

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." -- Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. president

"The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat ...."

"The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart." -- Robert Ingersoll, orator

"It's better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late."-- Marilyn Kennedy, leadership coach 

"I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat." -- Allen Klein, businessman 

"One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this isn't so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success." -- Thomas Edison, inventor 

 "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -- Eleanor Roosevelt