'He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. '

'He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.'

'Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.'

'He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.'

Paul likes to test himself. That's what makes Paul run. He's got a lot of courage, a highly underrated element in people's lives these days.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster - children into strength and athletic proportion.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.