Quotes

Get comfortable being uncomfortable. That’s when you see the most growth. Unknown

The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. Randy Pausch, professor

It is not in the still calm of life or the repose of a pacific station that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Abigail Adams, First Lady to the 2nd U.S. President, political adviser

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all — in which case, you fail by default. J.K. Rowling, writer

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. Adlai Stevenson II, politician and diplomat