Echoes

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

He who endures, conquers.

The man who has the largest capacity for work and thought is the man who is bound to succeed.

Through endurance we conquer.

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

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

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

I will either find a way or make one.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves, and to save all those who rely upon you. You have only to go right on, and at the end of the road, be it short or long, victory and honor will be found.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

I will either find a way, or make one.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

You, the sons of the pioneers, if you are true to your ancestry, must make your lives as worthy as they made theirs. They sought for true success, and therefore they did not seek ease. They knew that success comes only to those who lead the life of endeavor.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.

You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. The intense effort, the giving of everything you've got, is a very pleasant bonus.

It seems to me that the simple acceptance of this fundamental fact of American life, this acknowledgment that the law of work is the fundamental law of our being, will help us to start aright in facing not a few of the problems that confront us from without and from within. As regards internal affairs, it should teach us the prime need of remembering that, after all has been said and done, the chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own character—that is, the sum of his common sense, his courage, his virile energy and capacity. Nothing can take the place of this individual factor.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Through hardship to the stars.

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

To borrow a simile from the football field, we believe that men must play fair, but that there must be no shirking, and that the success can only come to the player who hits the line hard.