Of course I would have preferred success; but failing in that, I have no regrets for having rejected all advice to the contrary, and resolutely made the struggle.

Be a peg, hammered into the frozen ground, immovable.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

If you are going through hell keep going.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

It is like going up a mountain. Each successive peak appears in turn the summit, and yet there is always another pinnacle beyond.