“Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.”

– Orison Swett Marden

“Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.”

– Aristotle

“The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But it is not a game for the stupid, the mentally lazy, the man of inferior emotional balance, nor for the get-rich-quick adventurer. They will die poor.”

– Jesse Livermore

“You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.”

– Booker T. Washington

“You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.”

– George Lorimer

“Perseverance is a great element of success; if you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate you are sure to wake up somebody.”

– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play.”

– John Cleese

“Trading well is not easy, but it is something you can learn if you have the perseverance combined with the humility to be realistic about your own strengths and weaknesses.”

– Curtis Faith

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”

– Marcus Aurelius