Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not;

nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Genius will not;

unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

Education will not;

the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

- Calvin Coolidge

It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships.
- Charles Stanley

"There are only two ways to live your life.

One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle."

- Albert Einstein

"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."
- Martha Washington

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."

- Vince Lombardi

"Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody; forty years learning he was nobody; and forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody." - Dwight L. Moody

"To improve is to change;
to be perfect is to change often."
- Winston Churchill

"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."

- Abraham Lincoln