Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. – Plato

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. – Henry Ward Beecher

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. – James Russell Lowell

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. – E. W. Howe