Get my swan costume ready.
To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.
To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.
If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead.
God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.