The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.

Thomas A. Edison

I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Adlai Stevenson

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

Plautus

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

C. S. Lewis

No discipline seems pleasant at the time but painful later on. However, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Hebrews 12:11

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

W.B. Yeats