Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
- Booker T. Washington
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.
- Maya Angelou
You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas
- Shirley Chisholm
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.
