"Nothing is stronger than habit."

- Ovid

"I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly."

- Ty Cobb

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."

- Confucius

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."

- Henry Ward Beecher

“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"The man who has made up his mind to win will never say 'impossible.'"

- Napoleon Bonaparte

"Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

- Albert Schweitzer

"The merit of an action lies in finishing it to the end."

- Genghis Khan

"I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for."

- Lou Gehrig

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

- Arthur Ashe

"Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time."

- Voltaire

"Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure."

- Thomas Edison

"If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win."

- Carl Lewis

"Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable."

- Theodore N. Vail

"I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever."

- Jesse Owens

"I urge you to go on to your greatness if you believe it is in you. Think deeply and separate what you wish from what you are prepared to do."

- Percy Cerutty

"I guess I've made it a personal goal that when I go to the starting line, the gun goes off, I finish. No matter what shape I'm in or how bad it is, I finish every race."

- Joan Benoit Samuelson

“Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.”

-Hans Christian Andersen

"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."

- George S. Patton

"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end."

- Lewis Carroll

"Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent."

- Nolan Ryan

"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance."

- Orville Wright

"I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head."

- Princess Diana