It's not that I am smart, its just that I stay with problems longer.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.

Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

Half-finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

For great and low there's but one test: 'Tis that each man do his best.

Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.

There is a force that somehow pushes us to choose the more difficult path whereby we can transcend the mire and muck into which we are so often born. Despite all that resists the process, we do become better human beings.

Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Football is like life—it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence—natural ability notwithstanding.

To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.