“Disciplined runners consistently clear their heads and focus fully on the journey ahead.. .because their passion and zeal for the goal supersedes the strain. The goal beckons them onward. Passion doesn’t negate weariness; it just resolves to press beyond it.”

“A true philosopher must never give up.”

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”

“Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.”

“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.”

“What is grander than a country and more valuable than gold? Strength of heart.”

“That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.”

“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”

“In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.”

“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.”

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”

“The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.”

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”