Persistence

"It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it."

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

"The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress."

"All things are difficult before they are easy."

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."

"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

"I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible."

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

"The only way out is through."

"The best way out is always through."

"To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate."

"You can only fight the way you practice."

"Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations."

"Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly."

"The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle."

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."

"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success."

"The only failure is quitting. Everything else is just gathering information."

"People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures."

"Be faithful in practicing daily."

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