Here are brilliant, invaluable words we can all use about striving, not coping - inspiring insights on making it, pushing the boundaries, going the extra mile, succeeding against the (apparent) odds. Sources ranging from Michelangelo to Muhammed Ali, Rumi to Rachel Maddow give their best, most hard-won advice for hanging in there, going the extra mile, and never letting them get you down. It's news we all need, and the perfect gift for people graduating, starting new jobs, or just looking for a reminder that challenges and hard work pay off.