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
If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're
right. -Henry Ford
One of the great discoveries man makes, one of his great surprises, is
to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. Most of the bars we
beat against are in ourselves - we put them there, and we can take them
down. -Henry Ford
What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward
life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the
despairing men, that it did not really matter what we expected from
life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking
about the meaning of life, and instead think of ourselves as those who
were being questioned by life
-- daily and hourly. Our question
must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in
right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find
the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it
constantly sets for each individual. -Viktor Frankl