Get my swan costume ready.
To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.
To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.
When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.
Where there is no heart there is no art.
Play the last measure very softly.