Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work!

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal triumph if you have the iron will and the necessary skill.

He makes the basic point that it is not so much the disability one suffers from that matters but one's attitude to it. The man who says: I will conquer this illness & live a happy life, is already halfway through to victory.