 The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn’t look like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, he’s going to keep digging, he’s going to keep trying to do right and make up for what’s gone before, just because that’s who he is.
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Marcus Aurelius – Be like a headland of rock
 Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest.
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Stephen Hawking – Three pieces of advice
 One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.
– Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) |
Abraham Lincoln – The thing can be done
 Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then… find the way.
– Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) |
George Orwell – The plant is blind but it knows enough
 The plant is blind but it knows enough to keep pushing upwards towards the light, and it will do this in the face of endless discouragements.
– George Orwell (1903-1950) |
Calvin Coolidge – Nothing can take the place of persistence
| Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. |
