You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

You did what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better.

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.

What we learn through failure becomes a precious part of us, strengthening us in everything we do. So let the tough things make you tougher.

Difficulty is a severe instructor, set over us by the supreme ordinance of a parental Guardian and Legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as h…

Strong men are made by opposition; like kites they go up against the wind.