"All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the
last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last
hours toil. In the fight to the finish, spirit is the
one characteristic we must posses if we are to
face the future as finishers."
-Unknown

"Natural abilities can almost compensate
for the want of every kind of cultivation,
but no cultivation of the mind can make up
for the want of natural abilities."
-Arthur Schopenhauer

Put yourself in a state of mind
where you say to yourself,
"Here is an opportunity for me
to celebrate like never before,
my own power, my own ability to get
myself to do whatever is necessary."
-Anthony Robbins

"We must be steady enough in ourselves,
to be open and to let the winds of life blow
through us, to be our breath, our inspiration;
to breathe with them, mobile and soft in the
limberness of our bodies, in our agility,
our ability, as it were, to dance...
and yet to stand upright."
-Mary Caroline Richards

"The height of ability consists in a thorough
knowledge of the real value of things, and
of the genius of the age in which we live."
-Francois De La Rochefoucauld

"The first requisite for success is the ability
to apply your physical and mental energies to
one problem incessantly without growing weary."
-Thomas A. Edison

"The extent of your consciousness
is limited only by your ability to
love and to embrace with your love the
space around you, and all it contains."
-Ken Carey