“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”

• Henry Ford

“One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.”

• Col. Harland Sanders

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.”

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“I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties.”

• James Cash Penney