The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

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

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.

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.

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

If we all can persevere, if we can in every land and office look beyond our own shores and ambitions, then surely the age will dawn in which the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved.

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

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.

Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day; it helps. Then, when it gets finished, you are always surprised.

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.

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

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

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

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.

How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

The things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've go to work to gain.