Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Let thy child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

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

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

I’m not perfect. And who knows how many times I’ve fallen short. We all fall short. That’s the amazing thing about the grace of God.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

The opposite is beneficial; from things that differ comes the fastest fairest attunement; all things are born through strife.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows he knows his course is wrong and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

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

Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.

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

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

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

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.

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.

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.