Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed pay the price and it is yours.

I still believe in the possibility of the United States with all its will and all its strength and I don't just mean military persevering against any challenge. I still believe in that.

The type of cuisine I do especially after being on 'Iron Chef' for several years is a lot of global cuisine. My strength has always been Mediterranean cuisine across the board from Morocco Spain Italy Greece France but I think now I'm doing a lot of very different cuisines all the time.

Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart.

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve journeying on its way to form?

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.