Small steps add up to complete big journeys.

If we keep on 'making statements' and not really doing the work, we are going to be in trouble.

The Rhodes scholarship process was very extensive. I had to do several personal statements, rewrite those over and over and over again. I had to get some letters of recommendation.

My legacy is that I stayed on course... from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.

I have always stayed true to my craft.

Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

Do what you can to do what you ought, and leave hoping and fearing alone.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Let what will be said or done, preserve your sangfroid immovably, and to every obstacle, oppose patience, perseverance, and soothing language.

Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it. Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but "show your faith by your works," that God may bless you.