Dag Hammarskjold Quotes

Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

Freedom isn't for wimps.

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

No man who has brought himself back from what might have been an entire life of invalidism to strength, and activity, physical and mental and spiritual can ever be accused of preaching or exemplifying a mollycoddle philosophy.

A lot of things I've done in my life have taken incredible mental fortitude.

He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.

The thing that I love about Rick Grimes is that he pulls himself off the canvas even when he has been pummeled to the ground so many times. And either he gets up by himself - he drags himself up - or he is helped up by loved ones around him.

I have a very strong will.

Inner strength is very important.

My will power has always been very strong. If I want something, I'll get it. I've had no trouble keeping my head on my shoulders, nor do I have any chips on there.

I'm not somebody who just accepts his situation. I don't give up easily.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

My parents taught me not to complain, to always go forward. They taught me to always finish what I had on my plate. It seems ridiculous but these are little things that in the end make you stronger.

You have to be very strong and headstrong to make your place. You have to know how to say no. Patience is very important.

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

FORTITUDE IS THE CAPACITY TO SAY NO WHEN THE WORLD WANTS TO HEAR 'YES'

Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.

There's two things you need to know. One, that you won't quit on yourself, and two, that I've done the work.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

People have been calling me names and setting me back my whole life. And with every fight it's just given me more fuel to my fire and in doing so I've become a success.