"All of the significant battles are waged within the self."

- Sheldon Kopp

"What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties."
--Katherine Mansfield

"Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up." --James A. Garfield

"If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."
--Michael Evans

Take big strides, one small step at a time:

"Yard by yard it's very hard. But inch by inch, it's a cinch."
--Anon.

"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles." --Hartley Coleridge

"The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light."