“I was walking through [Harvard] Yard in the evening, and a Black woman I did not know was passing me on the sidewalk ... She leaned over as we crossed and said, 'Persevere.'”
"It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, but we’ve made it! We’ve made it — all of us."
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Achievement
"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."
- Tony Robbins
Success
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
- Beverly Sills
Success
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
Success
"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."
- Florence Nightingale
Success
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."
- Vince Lombardi
Success