A cowardly pride and an arrogant sense of shame.

The cowardly fear of exposing one's lack of talent, and the terror that even after grinding effort, one's innate insufficiency might become all the more apparent.

To meekly accept what is thrust upon us without reason, and to go on living without reason -- that is the fate of all living beings.

There is no substitute for hard work.

-- Thomas Edison

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

-- Thomas Edison

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

-- Pelé

Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

-- Babe Ruth

In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

-- George Orwell

One only sees what one already knows and understands.

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe