When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

The two qualities that chiefly inspire regard and affection [are] that a thing is you own and that it is your only one.

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

A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspire others.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall they never fail to rise again.

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

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 may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Money grows on the tree of persistence.

Faced with a mountain, I will not quit. I will keep on striving until I climb over it, find a path through it, tunnel under it, or simply stay and turn it into a gold mine.