It’s not what you do once in a while, it’s what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants ''success consciousness'' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing ''habit of success.''

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

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

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.

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

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

Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

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.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

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