“Nothing in this 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 full of 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
“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field."
- Niels Bohr
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one"
- J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
“There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.”
- George Orwell
"If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you"
- Zig Zigler