The best number for a dinner party is two: myself and a damn good head waiter.

Nubar Gulbenkian

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Buddha

By the work one knows the workman.

Jean de La Fontaine

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Benjamin Disraeli

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Thomas Carlyle