Perhaps it's true that I'm very hard on myself, but that's better than exhibiting mediocre work… too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.

Claude Monet

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

Rosalynn Carter

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

Anne Frank

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

Malcolm X

Whatever you become be good at it.

Benjamin Franklin

Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.

Friedrich Nietzsche