In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm; in the real world, all rests on perseverance.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

— Miguel de Cervantes

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

— John Burroughs

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”

Ernest Hemingway

“If you don’t encounter setbacks in your career, if you don’t have doubts and disappointments, let me tell you, you’re not dreaming big enough.”

Michael Bloomberg

“Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.” – Mary Schmich