The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner.

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.

Act now, for now is all you have.

Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life's blueprint. Smile!

If I persist, if I continue to try, if I continue to charge forward, I will succeed!

So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist.

I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.