One of the most powerful forces in the world is the will of men and women who believe in themselves, who dare to hope and aim high, who go confidently after the things they want from life.

If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.

Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.

The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''