Keep on going and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you least expect it. I have never heard of someoen stumbling on something sitting down.
--Charles F. Kettering

First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty--if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.
--George Balanchine

Beyond talent lies all the usual words: discipline, love, luck -- but most of all, endurance.
-- James Baldwin

Approach the moment with the idea that you're in the fight to the finish.
-Mataemon Iso

Persistence