Even if things don’t unfold the way you expected, don’t be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.
We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.
Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter.
I always finish what I start.
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning.
It ain't over till it's over.
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.
If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, then there is a possibility that you can contribute to making a better world.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.
We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.
Unless you puke, faint or die, keep going.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
It’s easier to run Replacing this pain with something numb It’s so much easier to go Than face all this pain here all alone.
Waiting for the end to come, Wishing I had strength to stand, This is not what I had planned, It’s out of my control.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.
Every time I’ve failed, people have had me out for the count, but I always come back.