The document contains quotes from various famous figures throughout history on topics related to achievement, motivation, persistence, and success. Many of the quotes emphasize the importance of never giving up, keeping motivation high through difficult times, and continuing to work hard and improve over an extended period of time to achieve great things.

2. “Nothing great was ever
achieved without enthusiasm.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writer/Philosopher

3. quot;Never Quit !
Set a goal and don't quit until you
attain it. When you do attain it,
Set another goal, and don't quit
until you reach it. Never Quit !quot;
Paul quot;Bearquot; Bryant
Hall of Fame College Football Coach

4. quot;Time is limited, so I better wake up every
morning fresh and know that I have just one
chance to live this particular day right, and
to string my days together into a life of
action and purpose.quot;
Lance Armstrong
Seven Time Tour De France Champion

5. “Courage is going from
failure to failure without
losing enthusiasm.”
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Britain

6. quot;My motto was always to keep
swinging. Whether I was in a
slump or feeling badly or having
trouble off the field, the only
thing to do was keep swinging.quot;
Hank Aaron
Home Run King/Hall of Fame Baseball Player

7. quot;You always miss 100
percent of the shots
you don't take.”
Wayne Gretzky
Champion and Hall of Fame NHL Hockey Player

8. Illegitimi Non
Carborundum
Translated from Latin:
Don’t let the bastards grind you down.

9. “Never give in. Never give in;
never, never, never. In
matters great or small, large
or petty, give in only to
conviction of honor and good
sense.”
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Britain

10. I can do all things
through Christ who
strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:13

11. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in
my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games.
Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to
take the game winning shot and
missed. I’ve failed over and over and
over again in my life…
and that is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan
Champion and Hall of Fame NBA Basketball Player

12. “Being defeated is often only a
temporary condition. Giving up
is what makes it permanent.”
Marilyn Vos Savant
Columnist

13. quot;The worst thing that happens
to you can be the best thing for
you, if you don't let it get the
best of you.quot;
Will Rogers
Humorist

14. “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds
could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who
is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust
and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and
comes short again and again; who knows the great
enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a
worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the
triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall
never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither
victory or defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt
US President

15. “The only thing you
deserve, is what you earn.”
Tom Brands
Olympic Gold Medalist and NCAA Champion Wrestling Coach

16. “Gold medals aren’t really
made of gold. They’re
made of sweat,
determination and a hard to
find alloy called guts.”
Dan Gable
Olympic Gold Medalist and NCAA Champion/Hall of Fame Wrestling Coach

17. “Never mistake activity for
achievement.”
John Wooden
NCAA Champion and Hall of Fame Basketball Coach

18. “A good hockey player plays
where the puck is, a great
hockey player plays where the
puck is going to be.”
Wayne Gretzky
Champion and Hall of Fame NHL Hockey Player

19. “Be mindful of the link between
action and outcome. Ask
yourself; If I repeat today’s
action 365 times, will I be where
I want to be in a year?”
Roz Savage
Trans Oceanic Rower

20. “We are what we repeatedly
do. Excellence, then, is not
an act but a habit.”
Aristotle
Philosopher

21. “When we treat each other
fairly, work together, and
have the desire to create
greatness, our potential turns
to possibility.”
Gary Guller
First One Armed Man to Climb Mt.Everest

22. “Ability is what you are
capable of doing.
Motivation determines what
you do.
Attitude determines how well
you do it.”
Lou Holtz
Hall of Fame Football Coach

23. quot;Imagination is more important
than knowledge. For knowledge is
limited, whereas imagination
embraces the entire world,
stimulating progress, giving birth to
evolution.quot;
Albert Einstein
Nobel Award Winning Physicist

24. “He uses statistics like a drunken
man uses lamp posts--for support
rather than illumination.”
Andrew Lang
Poet, Novelist and Literary Critic

25. “Opportunity is missed by most
people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work.”
Thomas A. Edison
Inventor

26. quot;Patience is the
companion of wisdom.quot;
Saint Augustine

27. “Impossible is a word in
the dictionary of fools.”
Napoleon
Emperor of France

28. “We are told that talent
creates its own
opportunities, however,
intense desire creates not
only its own opportunities,
but its own talents.”

29. “Whether you think
you can or you can’t –
you’re right.”
Henry Ford
Automaker

30. “The world is moving so fast
these days that the one who
says it can’t be done is
generally interrupted by
someone doing it.”
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Clergyman

31. “When you walk through the world
feeling you are ‘more than’ than
‘less than,’ more will come to you.
Confidence is contagious; it will
bring more into your life.”
Suze Orman
Television Personality/Personal Financial Expert

32. “I have learned to live each day as it
comes and not to borrow trouble
by dreading tomorrow. It is the
dark menace of the future that
makes cowards of us all.”
Dorothy Dix
Journalist/Activist

33. Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest
lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it
must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will
starve to death.
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a
gazelle...when the sun comes up, you'd
better be running.

34. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
-Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men
with talent.
-Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
-Education will not; the world is filled with educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan
“Press On”, has solved and always will solve the problems of the
human race.”
Calvin Coolidge
President of the United States