Perseverance

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"Do what needs to be done, not what you want to do."

"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives—choice, not chance, determines your destiny."

"Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can't get it wrong."

"The difference between an average salesperson and an extraordinary one is that the extraordinary persists five times longer."

"Every 'no' brings you closer to a 'yes'."

"The journey with a thousand miles begins with one step."

"If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you won't give up. If you give up, you're not worthy."

"You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over."

"The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else."

"If you double the number of experiments you do per year you're going to double your inventiveness."

"All day long this man would toil thus, his whole being centered upon the purpose of making twenty-three instead of twenty-two and a half cents an hour; and then his product would be reckoned up by the census taker, and jubilant captains of industry would boast of it in their banquet halls, telling how our workers are nearly twice as efficient as those of any other country."

"You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it."

"The paths of charity are over roadways of ashes; and he who would tread them must be prepared to meet opposition, misconstruction, jealousy and calumny. Let his work be that of angels, still it will not satisfy all."

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."

"The best way out is always through."

"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

"If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied."

"In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you have forced your way through the shop past the thick barricade of Books You Haven't Read, which are frowning at you from the tables and shelves, trying to cow you..."

"Surfing is about pushing your limits and challenging yourself to be the best surfer you can be."

"Surfing is the ultimate teacher, always forcing the student to perform at their highest level."

"The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter – for the future."

"The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine."

"Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."

"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."

"Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it—then I can achieve it."