To resist a compulsion with willpower alone is to hold back an avalanche by melting the snow with a candle. It just keeps coming and coming and coming.

— David Adam

My hope fuels my determination to overcome any difficulty.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.

— William Shakespeare

You will succeed at the sacred time.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Personal force, determined spirit and self confidence are your greatest self.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

We have enough grace for everything.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

What is now proved was once only imagined.

— William Blake

You may encounter many disappointments. Be strong. Tell yourself, “I am good enough, I will try again.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Instead of being frustrated by adversity, our mind focuses on the adventure of creativity with our thoughts. What a glorious paradise?

— Lailah Gifty Akita

A willing spirit, a determined effort.

— Lailah Gifty Akita