After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

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

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.

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.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude and perseverance.

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

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.

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.

And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late—not now, not ever—for you to pursue you passion, your pursuit of perfection. And most importantly, your perseverance for making it happen.

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

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.

Half-finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

The secret of success is conviction and persistence.

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.

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.

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

No ascent is too steep for mortals. Heaven itself we seek in our folly.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

It’s not when you realize that nothing can help you—religion, pride, anything—it’s when you realize that you don’t need any aid.

Who works with all the strength he can Shall never die in debt to man.

Work is love made visible.

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come.

Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.