A little bit of inspiration

[marty mcfly]

This kinda sums it up for me.

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt

[Runningfox]

or this......
' Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming loudly: "Wow, what a ride!"'
(Excerp from Dean Karnazes's book - Ultra Marathon Man. Confessions of an all night Runner).
Cheers!

[Stolly]

'If' by Rudyard Kipling always does it for me

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

[Wheeze]

Your character is your destiny.

[david]

Your character is your destiny.

Not much hope for me then .

[stevefoster]

Would have picked If but Stolly beat me to it, so a quote from the book 'That Others May Live' by Master Sergeant Jack Brehhm.
'I've always had this idea that when we die and meet our maker, God will ask us one question. He'll say, "So-How was it?" If you answer "Wow, what a ride" He'll welcome you with open arms, but if you complain about all the unfair events that might have caused you an unjust amount of pain, you'll get sent back because you missed the main drift. Life is good. There are bad things in the world. There are situations where you might find yourself out of control or in dire straits, but even then, there is good. It may be hard to find, but it's there'

[harrymoon]

what a great thread

"Never look down on anyone, unless you are helping them up" Jesse Jackson

or how about

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t." Jack Dempsey

[stevefoster]

And from the same book 'If you can't get out of it, get into it'

[FREDDIE]

Pain is temporary, it may last a minute,or an hour,or a day,or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place, if i quit, however it lasts forever - Lance Armstrong - What a LEGEND

[IanDarkpeak]

this one was posted by Mud last year;

"Success rests in having the courage and endurance and, above all, the will to become the person you are, however peculiar that may be. Then you will be able to say, 'I have found my hero and he is me' "
George Sheehan