--Chris Bradford

--J.K. Rowling

--Hector Crawford

--A.A. Milne

--Henri Cartier-Bresson

--Neville Longbottom

--Drew Barrymore

--Joel Osteen

--Randy Pausch

--Helen Keller

--Jocko Willink

--Terry Pratchett

--Henry Rollins

--Santosh Kalwar

--Leigh Mitchell Hodges

--Robin Sharma

--Adam Grant

--Persius

--A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

--Victor Hugo

--Friedrich Nietzsche

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

--Friedrich Nietzsche

--Santosh Kalwar

--Sogyal Rinpoche

--Maya Angelou

--Epictetus

Longer Version:

No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.

--Albert Einstein

--Criss Jami

--Og Mandino

--Maya Angelou

--Confucius

--Herbert Kaufman

--Arthur Schopenhauer

--Franklin D. Roosevelt

--Thomas Edison

--Napoléon Bonaparte

--Victor Hugo

--Woodrow Wilson

--Winston Churchill

--William Blake

--William Feather

--William Ellery Channing

--Truman Capote

--Thomas Carlyle

--Samuel Smiles

--Samuel Johnson

Longer Version:

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.

--Roger Bannister

--Orison Swett Marden

--Nelson Mandela

Longer Version:

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.

--Napoleon Hill

--Mike Tyson

--Marian Wright Edelman

--Lincoln Diaz-Balart

--Lou Holtz

--Leonardo da Vinci

--James A. Michener

--Julie Andrews

--Josh Billings

--John Quincy Adams

Longer Version:

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions.