• Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good.

• “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people 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. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”

• “All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”

• “Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong”

• “Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”

• “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

• “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak”

• “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”