813 – “I started painting as a hobby when I was little. I didn’t know I had any talent. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do.”

–Bob Ross

655 – “You do not enter the future; you create the future. The future is created through hard work.”

–Jaime Escalante [Attributed]

581 – “Difficultatis patrocinia praeteximus segnitiae.”

“We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.”

–Quintilian

289 – “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but playing a poor hand well.”

–anonymous