I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. — Booker T. Washington

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The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

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If not me- who?, If not now- when?

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I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. — Henry David Thoreau

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If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do... HOW WOULD I BE? WHAT WOULD I DO? ― R. Buckminister Fuller

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Sports do not build character. They reveal it. — Heywood Broun

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison

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It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him. ― Max Planck

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It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.

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Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. — Zig Ziglar

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