I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have read more

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.

There is a strength of a quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

There is a strength of a quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.

A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.