Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

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

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

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.

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

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

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.

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

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

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.

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.

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

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.