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

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.

Be a peg, hammered into the frozen ground, immovable.

Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

As one's fortunes are reduced, one spirit must expand to fill the void.

When we face with a steady eye the difficulties which lie before us, we may derive new confidence from remembering those we have already overcome.