If you challenge boldly, the world will always give in. If you are defeated by it sometimes, if you keep challenging it, it will always give in. ——British novelist Thackeray W.M

It is rare that something cannot be done at all; the reason why it cannot be done is not so much because of insufficient conditions, but because of insufficient determination. ——French writer Rochefort Calder

Achieving great things lies not in physical strength, but in perseverance. ——British writer and critic Johnson S