“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”— Christopher Reeve
“I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.”— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything.”— Douglas Bader
“There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise.”— W. E. B. Du Bois
“Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success.”— Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
“First, then, a woman will, or won't, - depend on't; If she will do't, she will; and there's an end on't. But, if she won't, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront: and jealousy injustice.”— Aaron Hill
“Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on his blow until it be slain, may repent that ever he began the quarrel.”— John Owen
“No matter whether the front is a minefield or an abyss, I will press forward, with no hesitation and no turning back.”— Zhu Rongji