When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Related The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever. E.LOCKHART اگر میخواهید جایی زندگی کنید که مردمش از موش ها نمیترسن... EMILY LOCKHART You hate cake doughnuts." "Of course," says Mirren. "But we didn't get the cake, we got glazed ... E.LOCKHART There are parallel universes in which different events have happened to the same people. An alternat... E. LOCKHEART There is not even a scrabble word for how bad I feel. E. LOCKHEART He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. E. LOCKHART Johnny, he is bounce, effort, and snark. Mirren, she is sugar, curiosity, and rain. Gat, h... E.LOCKHART Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young. E. LOCKHART If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON When you tell me your story or about yourself I understand who you are and are able to share who I a... BRENT M. JONES We only care about our faults when we realize them. DANIEL MELGAçO If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... People are attracted to who we are more than what we do. LORRIN L. LEE And when I saw you kissing that girl My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered And ... KATE NASH Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now." "Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figur... LAUREN OLIVER To say to that you will never forget ,is always a sincere and an honest way to express ones self to ... GARY F EVANS... In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba... DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer... ... Silence doesn't make it... bet... DEYTH BANGER What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar... T.J. KLUNE we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI We do not choose to be born...We do not--most of us, choose to die, or the times or conditions of ou... JOSEPH EPSTEIN We need a shift in our message and in our pulpit SUNDAY ADELAJA We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny! ABHISHEK KUMAR You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope. DAVID LEVITHAN We didn’t think anything of it at the time, but we saw several of the bodies of the crew, space pi... CHRISTINA ENGELA Never eat anything bigger than your ass. E. LOCKHART We are Sinclairs. Beautiful. Privileged. Damaged. Liar. We live, least in the summertime, on a priva... E. LOCKHART We cannot wish for that we know not. VOLTAIRE There's no "i" in we, but it is in egoic. When you think about we instead of me, then and only then ... CELESTINE L. GRAY The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring,... CRAIG GROESCHEL A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. ALBERT EINSTEIN A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Could it be possible for humanity to put their differences aside for the survival of our species, un... GARY F EVANS... Wishing on that far away star, how far removed we truly are. MICHAEL DE CHâTILLON We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO We each can accomplish so much in this world. There is no room for boredom ROXE You either have the feeling or you don’t. DANIEL HANDLER Sisi wote ni wanafunzi. ENOCK MAREGESI Created visions of experiencing unreality. VICDO When we are kind and forgiving, we will be forgiven. DEBASISH MRIDHA It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. MAX DE PREE What fun we had, how beautiful we were. E. LOCKHART We dream that we're all different. The reality is that we're all not. ANTHONY T. HINCKS Sometimes we represent our weakness as if it were bad. We don’t think it’s okay to be weak…We ... HENRY CLOUD In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in se... DOUGLAS COUPLAND We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not happen DAN QUAYLE We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly. VOLTAIRE An Error is like Salt and A 'Sincere' Apology is like Water and a ''Repeated Same Error'' is like a ... ANUROOP TYAGI In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should... GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON "WHEN WE TWO PARTED" The chakras in your body are as to galaxies on the body of God. L.J. VANIER We are responsible for ourselves and each other. RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO We are here to create, not destroy. VIKTORIJA GRUMBLYTė The first questions to be asked and answered in every contingency of life being: How will this thoug... ALDOUS HUXLEY We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO We are transitioning rapidly from a traditional manufacturing and agricultural society to a competit... MICHAEL HARRIS People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER We all have the potential to do terrible things. But we also have the potential to overcome our mist... VERONICA ROSSI We live in relative world with relatives. DEYTH BANGER The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. CHINESE PROVERB For years I thought we were on the same page...then I discovered we were NOT even in the same book..... KJFORCE We are all joined in a circle of stories. LINDA JOY MYERS There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evildoer. ROBERT LYND Normally, we're never satisfied. CRAIG GROESCHEL Love is purpose and we all have love so we all have a purpose PARKER LOUIS SEELY All my life I have overheard, all my life I have listened to what people will let slip when they thi... PATRICIA LOCKWOOD Our gods are here, below, with us---in the office, the kitchen, the workshop, the toilet; the gods h... YEVGENY ZAMYATIN 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea... PHILIP T.M We stand the risk of failure, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks. SUNDAY ADELAJA Aliens have been here for millennium. But they didn't come in spaceships. They came in orange s... ANTHONY T. HINCKS We cannot gamble with American lives. 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MARTINICH A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.' A. P. MARTINICH The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose. A. P. HERBERT I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum. A. P. HERBERT An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose. A. P. HERBERT The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time. A. P. HERBERT People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act ... A. P. HERBERT This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn... A. P. HERBERT A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso. A. P. HERBERT An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected.". A. P. HERBERT Success is in the details. A P ERKKILA There are two great forces in this world -- good and evil; and no man is worth his salt unless he ha... A. P. GOUTHEY