No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger than its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise.

Marian Anderson

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

John Quincy Adams

Yes, I am round. Yes, I am slow. Yes, I run as though my legs are tied together at the knees. But I am running. And that is all that matters.

John Bingham

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Leroy Satchel Paige

God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.

A. W. Tozer

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Helen Keller