If you have no confidence in [yourself] you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won before you have started.
[What is the definition of guts?] Grace under pressure.
They are able because they think they are able.
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at second, or even the third place.
Nothing in the world will take away persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than an unsuccessful man 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.
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
You do not merely want to be considered the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones that do what you do.
Perserverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.