Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

The ultimate mysteries are opened only to those who have immense patience.

"The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal. It's the person who says, "I'm going to become this and then progressively works toward that goal.

The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal.

Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.

Mastery requires deliberate practice, and lots of it. But if you love it, you do it.

success awaits those who steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice

Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you.

The future belongs to those who are passionate and work hard.

The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.

Persistence is probably the single most common quality of high achievers. They simply refuse to give up. The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist the more likely your success.

If a man chooses a certain Way and seems to have no particular talent for this Way, he can still become a master if he so chooses. By keeping at a particular form of study a man can attain perfection either in this life or the next (if a next life is believed in).

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

A mind of moderate capacity which closely pursues one study must infallibly arrive at great proficiency in that study.