“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them.”

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

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

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.”