“[P]atience, patience, patience! Only by persistent, unremitting labor can a lasting outcome be reached.”
"In my experience, assistants who are not carefully superintended may be worse than none …The less brilliant ones often fail to understand the force of one’s suggestions, and the more brilliant ones often strike out on blind paths of their own if not carefully watched."
- Theodore William Richards
Leadership
"[L]et us hope that yet finer means of research and yet deeper chemical knowledge may make possible further improvements, yielding for mankind a more profound and far-reaching knowledge of the secrets of the wonderful Universe in which our lot is cast."
- Theodore William Richards
Knowledge
"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done."
- Unknown
Perseverance
"He that can have patience can have what he will."
- Benjamin Franklin
Perseverance
"You just can’t beat the person who never gives up."
- Babe Ruth
Perseverance
"What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. … Success is often just around the corner."
- James Dyson
Perseverance
"Never give up because great things take time."
- Adrian Williams
Perseverance