You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

Turn your stumbling blocks into steppingstones to success.

Mistakes are the stepping stones to success.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.

Without struggle there Is no success.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.

Success is like pumping an old well handle. You have to pump a very long time before you get water. But don't give up or you will have to start all over again.

This is the true wine of astonishment: We are not over when we think we are.

People who think nonviolence is easy don't realize that it's a spiritual discipline that requires a great deal of strength, growth, and purging of the self so that one can overcome almost any obstacle for the good of all without being concerned about one's own welfare.

Still, it is like Shug say, You have to git man off your eyeball, before you can see anything a'tall