I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well and when you find it, put your whole soul into it....every bit of energy, ambition and natural ability you have.

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

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.