“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~ William E. Channing
“To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.” ~ Mike Gafka
“You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.” ~ J. Askenberg
“A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.” ~ William Hazlitt
“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.” ~ Wayne Gretzky
“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung
“Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.” ~ Magic Johnson
“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing, that we see too late the one that is open.” ~ Alexander Graham Bell
“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” ~ Peter F. Drucker
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ~ Francis of Assisi
“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
“Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing in the future.” ~ R. Kaplan
“‘I can’t do it’ never yet accomplished anything; ‘I will try’ has performed wonders.” ~ George P. Burnham