You never fail until you stop trying.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results.

A setback only paves the way for a comeback.

Where words fail, music speaks.

It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default; by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

Change, But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.

Never discourage someone who is working toward a goal, no matter their speed!

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

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.

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

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

Half-finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

The secret of success is conviction and persistence.

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

Money grows on the tree of persistence.

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

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.

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