Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other  

— Walter Elliot

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience 

— Elbert Hubbard

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10‚000 ways that won’t work 

— Thomas A. Edison‚ inventor of the light bulb

A journey is best measured in friends and not miles 

— Tim Cahill

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking 

— William B. Sprague

We don’t see things the way they are, we see things the way we are 

— Talmud

Always do your best. What you plant now‚ you will harvest later  

— Og Mandino

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live 

— Elbert Hubbard

Difficulties are just things to overcome‚ after all  

— Ernest Shackleton

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals 

— Goethe

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes 

— Earl of Beaconsfield

Leadership is action, not position 

— Donald H. McGannon

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops 

— Henry Adams

A quitter never wins and winner never quits 

— Napoleon Hill

It is not length of life, but depth of life 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals 

— Anonymous

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls 

— Winston Churchill

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full 

—  Henry Kissinger

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed 

—  Henrik Ibsen

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible 

— Arthur C. Clarke