Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

He had a simple maxim for all competitive or adversarial situations: work out what the other party least wants you to do, and then do it. Relieving your feelings was fun, but the best course of action was to make things as difficult as possible for the person trying to make things difficult for you.

To look in the face of hard things and keep moving forward - that's what one has to do.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Eugene Ionesco.