If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of becoming a prophet.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

Roger Babson

Have We not expanded thee thy breast?-
And removed from thee thy burden
The which did gall thy back?-
And raised high the esteem (in which) thou (art held)?
So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief:
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Therefore, when thou art free (from thine immediate task), still labour hard,
And to thy Lord turn (all) thy attention.

Koran

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water; but to walk on the earth.

Chinese Proverbs

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

Everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

Lou Holtz