"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."

- Unknown

"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

- Harry Golden

"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."

- Michael Larsen

"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

- Colin Powell