The man isn't born for defeats.He can fall from grace,but he cannot be defeated.

I said, 'Who killed him?' and he said 'I don't know who killed him, but he's dead all right,' and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights or windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Key and she was right only she was full of water.

It is easy when you are beaten, he thought. I never knew how easy it was. And what beat you, he thought. "Nothing," he said aloud. "I went out too far.

Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills.

Every single day for the rest of your life, somebody is going to push you in the pool. And you'd better decide now how you're going to act when it happens.

For this reason it is the dark that provides the leader with his greatest opportunities. It is your response to the dark that determines in large part whether or not you will be called on to lead. For the darkness is what keeps the average person from stepping outside the security of what has always been.

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.

Celebrate creativity and confidence in the face of adversity.

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

Every visionary was laughed at before they were revered. Every genius was attacked before they were beloved. Every leader was misunderstood before they were celebrated.