“What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.” SoulVictoryStonesWeakDefeatDeterminedBlockStumblingStepping StonesStumbling Blocks Book:Exceptional Employee Source: Exceptional Employee
“Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.” LifeRealMotivationalTruthMovingSuccessGeniusVictoryStonesAccomplishMythEnthusiasmCharmSincerityBrutesContagiousAllegoryOrpheus Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“It brings joy in sorrow, victory in battle, light to darkness, life to the dead. That is the power of the blood-red jewel which men honor with the name "The Philosopher's Stone.” MenLightJoyNamesDarknessBloodVictoryHonorSorrowBattleRedStonesPhilosopherJewels Author:Hiromu Arakawa
“I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you now, I believe this attack will fail. No 15,000 men ever made could take that ridge. It's a distance of more than a mile, over open ground. When the men come out of the trees, they will be under fire from Yankee artillery from all over the field. And those are Hancock's boys! And now, they have the stone wall like we did at Fredericksburg.” KnowsMenBelieveMadeI BelieveBoysFireFailingTreeFieldsWallVictoryBattleStonesDistanceSoldierMilesYankeesInitialsConfederateArtilleryRidgesLieutenantsGettysburgStone Walls Author:Michael Shaara
“To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.” MenWorldFeelsSeemsResponsibilityBuildingPrideVictoryStonesSightResponsibleShameMiserySettingSettingsBe A ManBeing ResponsibleContributingComrade Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“Victory in defeat, there is none higher. She didn't give up, Ben; she's still trying to lift that stone after it has crushed her. She's a father working while cancer eats away his insides, to bring home one more pay check. She's a twelve-year-old trying to mother her brothers and sisters because mama had to go to Heaven. She's a switchboard operator sticking to her post while smoke chokes her and fire cuts off her escape. She's all the unsung heroes who couldn't make it but never quit.” GivingTryingYearsStillsHomeMotherFatherHeavenPayFireCuttingBrotherHeroVictoryHigherGiving UpStonesDefeatCancerQuittingChecksSmokePostsLiftsTwelveBrothers And SistersNever QuitCrushedMamaChokeOperatorsUnsung Hero Book:Stranger in a Strange Land Source: Stranger in a Strange Land