Struggle and Success
I know no such thing as genius; it is nothing but labour and diligence.
—William Hogarth (1697-1764 British painter)
You never know what you can do till you try.
—Frederick Marryat (1792-1848 British novelist)
It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees.
—Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965 British poet)
Where there is a will, there is a way.
—Thomas Alux Edison (1847-1931 American inventor)
Where there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
—Samuel Johnson (1709-1794 British poet and essayist)
The early bird catches the worm.
—William Camden (1551-1623 British antiquarian and historian)
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
—Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930 British Poet Laureate)
Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790 American politician and scientist)
There are two ways of rising in the world, either by your own industry or by the folly of others.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645-1696 French essayist)
Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.
—Michael Moore (1954- American author and social critic)
I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated.
—Napoleon (Bonaparte 1762-1821 French Emperor)
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
—Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977 British comic actor)
Never be unduly elated by victory or depressed by defeat.
—Horace Porter (1837-1921 American soldier and diplomat)
You make the failure complete when you stop trying.
—Stansifer
Man is not made for defeat.
—Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961 American novelist and journalist)