"The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, "This far and no farther."  – Ludwig van Beethoven

"When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes"  – Thomas Edison

"March on.  Do not tarry.  To go forward is to move toward perfection.  March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path."  – Kahlil Gibran

"Don’t let the bastards grind you down."  Joseph W. Stilwell

"A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away."  – Gene Roddenberry

"There are days when it takes all you’ve got just to keep up with the losers."  – Robert Orben

"Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success.  They quit on the one-yard line.  They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown."  H. Ross Perot