Endurance is patience concentrated.

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one’s belly, in order to be able to save one’s head.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.

Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn’t think I could do anything else. So I read and read and wrote short stories and dreamed of escape.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

In pop music, the public usually see the results – the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours – but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won’t make it.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there… and still on your feet.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.

Giving up cannot be an option.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

I want to believe that I am improving. This is something that I take really seriously.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,‘ he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. ‚Shake it off. Stop complainin‘. Stop grumblin‘. Stop cryin‘. We are going to press on. We have work to do.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

All my life, I’ve been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I’ve come is a bogey.

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

When you tell a recruiter that you’re almost 300 pounds and you want to be a SEAL, it doesn’t go too well. I got hung up on a lot.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.