Never give up, for that is the place and time the tide will turn.

I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good, content with my harm.

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

Irrevocable commitments that offer loopholes, not bail-out provisions, and no parachute clauses will extract incredible productivity and performance.

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Half-finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

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.

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

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

Faced with a mountain, I will not quit. I will keep on striving until I climb over it, find a path through it, tunnel under it, or simply stay and turn it into a gold mine.

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.