Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.

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Life's single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane.

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But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

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I had to leave, and my husband was forced to stay on this plantation until after the harvest season was over. And then the man that we had worked for, he'd taken the car, and the most of the few things we had had been stolen. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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In the end I have to hold myself accountable...I had to make a change if I really wanted to reach the goals I had set for myself. I had to get out of being comfortable and get into a situation that was going to really push me.

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To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

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That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal. ― Aristotle

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Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

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We can only reach our goal amid bloodletting

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Searching means having a goal. But finding means: being free, standing open, having no goal... A seeker does not see some things that are close to his eyes.

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