Haile Selassie Quotes

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner.

To the stars through thorns.

You have to go through some things to get to where you want to go.

Stopping before you reach the goal does not make the discouragement go away. All it does is make the discouragement permanent. Instead, keep going, keep making the attempt, until you make that last, fulfilling attempt that brings the success you desire.

Endure the journey that you take to reach your top moment. You might not get there right now but when you do, remember what you did to get there.

You can’t go the distance with too much resistance

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

Obstacles are merely a call to strengthen your resolve to achieve your worthwhile goals.

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.

Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.

Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be.

...no way through it but through it," I tell myself.

It's not where you start but where you finish that counts.

If we think it takes a lot of effort and hard work to get what we want, then our life is going to be about struggle.

Know full well that patience is the best means of succeeds.

Failure turns into success. It looks like it happens overnight to other people, but it's just one person's determination to get past a certain goal. Everybody thinks it's an overnight success, but it's not. It's something someone has been working very, very hard on, and more than likely, has been too embarrassed to tell anybody. No one really wants to show other people their failures. They want to show their success.

The tree falls not at the first stroke.

Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is never available at first, to strengthen us when we seem to need it most.

The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson I've always known. The journey continues.

If we grow weary and give up, the goal remains for someone else to achieve.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!