Les Brown

But you can control yourself.

We have to regain control of our mind.

How you gain mental toughness, how you become the person you want to be, is constantly facing the things that you don't want to face.

To find real, permanent peace, you first must go through suffering.

You must go to the dark side of who you are.

A person that's obsessed and wants to just get there, they no longer care because they know no matter what's out there, no matter if it's snowing, if it's a damn tropical storm, if it's 20 below, they don't care.

They're going to run.

It doesn't matter what's out there, what's in front of me.

I'm just going to go.

And that's how you want to get your mind.

I'm not a hostage.

You have to make a decision that every experience is my education.

And I'm going to discover the opportunity for me to grow and for me to get better.

I'm telling you, I've already made up my mind that I know I will fall down.

I know that I will stumble.

but I already see myself getting back up.

Therefore, I'm never down.

I'm either up or getting back up.

I will learn from this thing.

If you're struggling, if you're frustrated with yourself, if you're at that point where you're so sick of yourself and your excuses, I've been there, Stephen's been there, this is a normal part of the human experience.