By the mile it's a trial, but by the inch it's a cinch.
You must first put something into your life before you can get something out of it.
Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others.
As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.
What defines us is how well we rise after we fall.
This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.