Destiny and Overcoming

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance one cannot fly into flying.

Courage is the best slayer-courage which attacketh for in every attack there is the sound of triumph.

Either you reach a higher point today or you exercise your strength in order to be able to climb higher tomorrow.

No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life. There may be countless trails and bridges and demigods who would gladly carry you across; but only at the price of pawning and forgoing yourself. There is one path in the world that none can walk but you. Where does it lead? Don’t ask, walk!

You are treading your path of greatness: now it must call up all your courage that there is no longer a path behind you!You are treading your path of greatness: no one shall steal after you here! Your foot itself has extinguished the path behind you, and above that path stands written: Impossibility.

There is one path in the world that none can walk but you. Where does it lead? Don’t ask, walk!

We ought to face our destiny with courage.

Like a last signpost to the other path, Napoleon appeared, the most isolated and late-born man there has even been, and in him the problem of the noble ideal as such made flesh--one might well ponder what kind of problem it is; Napoleon this synthesis of the inhuman and the superhuman

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage

Of all the creatures of earth, only human beings can change their patterns. Man alone is the architect of his destiny. ... Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you’re riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts. Put your vision to reality. Wake up and live!

Not all horses were born equal. A few were born to win.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

One ship sails East, And another West, By the self-same winds that blow, Tis the set of the sails And not the gales, That tells the way we go

That which is possible is inevitable.

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.

Don’t forget, your history nor your destiny.

If you are going through hell, keep going.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.

Luck is not chance, it’s toil. Fortune’s expensive smile is earned.