The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.
— Whitney Young
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
— Lance Armstrong
A lofty idea must be had, not of what one is doing, but of what one may some day do. Otherwise there is no point in working on.
— Edgar Hilaire Germain Degas