Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.