The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

Talk of mysteries! Think of our life in nature—daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it—rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! The solid earth! The actual world! The common sense! Contact! Contact! Who are we? Where are we?

Common sense is the very antipodes of science.

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words

Look at the stars and not down at your own feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

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

The secret of success is conviction and persistence.

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

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

I did not seek greatness. I only sought to fulfill my duties.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.