1. If you rest, you rust.

2. Those who do not move do not notice their chains.

3. Six months of focus and hard work can put you five years ahead.

4. Sacrifice a few years of partying for decades of freedom.

5. Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

6. Run as far as you can. If you cannot run, walk. If you cannot walk, crawl. If you cannot crawl, rest. If you get tired, learn to rest, not quit.

7. Slow progress is better than no progress. Stay positive, and do not give up.

8. Growth is growth. No matter how small.

9. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you continue.

10. What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.

11. Be consistent.

12. Slow progress is still progress.

13. If you do not step forward, you will remain in the same place. You must have it if you do not want it.

14. Please do not wait for luck; create it. No great thing is created suddenly.

15. Diligence is the mother of good luck.

16. Never give up on something you really want. It is difficult to wait but more difficult to regret.

17. If you do not sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.

18. To become an expert at anything, you must try, try, and keep trying.

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

20. Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

21. It is not over when you lose. It is over when you quit.

22. The number one skill in life is not giving up.

23. No matter how hard the situation may get, giving up should never be an option.

24. You are always a loser once you quit trying.

25. Winners never quit; quitters never win.

26. Winners do not get lucky; they never give up.

27. Keep going until you are proud.

28. You will enjoy what you have worked hard for — you will be happy, and things will go well for you.