If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got to keep going.

If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got to keep going.

Ernest Shackleton

I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion.

I thought you'd rather have a live donkey than a dead lion.

Optimism is the true moral courage

Optimism is the true moral courage

I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.

I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.

We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.

We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.

A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.

A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.

Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.

Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.

When things are easy, I hate it.

When things are easy, I hate it.

Optimism is true moral courage.

Optimism is true moral courage.

I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.

I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.

Difficulties are just things to overcome after all.

Difficulties are just things to overcome after all.

By endurance we conquer.

By endurance we conquer.

Feminine force is that inner strength, that power, that will to face down any negative circumstances in life and defeat them.

Feminine force is that inner strength, that power, that will to face down any negative circumstances in life and defeat them.

Everyone wants a hug and kiss. It translates into any language.

Everyone wants a hug and kiss. It translates into any language.

Cash is cold comfort under these circumstances. But make no mistake about it; It is some comfort.

Cash is cold comfort under these circumstances. But make no mistake about it; It is some comfort.

In the end, raising money is basically a matter of going out there and asking. There are no shortcuts.

In the end, raising money is basically a matter of going out there and asking. There are no shortcuts.

Failure may be just a step toward your eventual goal.

Failure may be just a step toward your eventual goal.

In our family, being powerful means you never, ever apologize for being a woman.

In our family, being powerful means you never, ever apologize for being a woman.

My appearance is talking and I like what it is saying.

My appearance is talking and I like what it is saying.