“what matters most is how well you walk through the fire”

“I walked through the Fire…and lived to tell about it…”

Stephie Pahlavi Zan

“You see how I try
To reach with words
What matters most
And how I fail.”

Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator

“No matter how bad things get, you can still walk away.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Lullaby

“It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

“Wealth won’t give you satisfaction, creating a good product that’s well received by users is what matters most.”

Ma Huateng (1971) Chinese internet entrepreneur

“The press really is not doing its job of holding [the candidates'] feet to the fire. … The tough questions are not what are you in favor of, but how are you going to get it through Congress?”

Michael Bloomberg (1942) American businessman and politician, former mayor of New York City

“No matter how far you are. No matter how long it takes him. Through Distance And Time I'll be waiting..”

Alicia Keys (1981) American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

“Ah! I would be a Doctor! (…) Ah! Doctor! Doctor! Walking through the roads, through the streets, though the squares, through the rooms, receiving all the honors: "Doctor, what have you done today? How are you, doctor?"”

Lima Barreto (1881–1922) Brazilian writer

“Warm and soothing
That's how I remember home.
Walking into arms through the back door
Hearing voices I know well and long for.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer