Never give in, never give in, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

Winston Churchill · Speech to the boys of Harrow School, 29 October 1941; usually shortened online to "Never, never, never give up", which he did not say.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Often credited to Winston Churchill · Churchill never said it; Quote Investigator traces the idea to a 1938 Budweiser beer advertisement ("success was never final and failure never fatal. It was courage that counted") and finds the Churchill credit only from the 1960s.

Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Winston Churchill · Said in the House of Commons on 4 November 1952, in his second spell as Prime Minister.

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The journey of a thousand lî commenced with a single step.

Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching chapter 64 in James Legge's translation; a li is a Chinese mile, hence the familiar "journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step".

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.

Abraham Lincoln · Advice to Isham Reavis, a young man who had asked to study law under him, in a letter of 5 November 1855.

Genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration.

Thomas Edison · Quote Investigator finds Edison quoted with this ratio from 1901 and with "two per cent inspiration" as early as 1898; the familiar spelled-out form appeared in Harper's Monthly in 1932.

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“Never give in, never give in, never, never, never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”

“The journey of a thousand lî commenced with a single step.”

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.”

“Genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration.”