The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough.
— Randy Pausch
The Brick Walls
Tag: life
Men Who Live
Every man dies, but not every man really lives.
— William Wallace in Braveheart
You Got A Dream? Protect it!
Hey. Don’t ever let somebody tell you… You can’t do something. Not even me. All right? You got a dream… You gotta protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want somethin’, go get it. Period.
— Christopher Garner in The Pursuit of Happyness
Forgive and Free Yourself
Antwone Fisher: “Why do I have to forgive?”
Jerome Davenport: “To free yourself, so you can get on with your life.”
— Antwone Fisher movie
Live Your Life
You can live your whole life and never know who you are until you see the world through the eyes of others.
— The Visitor movie