Long Odds

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes
time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To
think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to
invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for
trying again

- David Viscott

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people
have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time
accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many
difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between
people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're
willing to spend on it.

- Joyce Brothers

Life is a gamble at terrible odds; if it was a bet you wouldn't
take it.

- Tom Stoppard

If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win
without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will
be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment
when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and
only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse
case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory,
because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

- Winston Churchill

Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in
your heart you were meant to do.

- Leroy "Satchel" Paige

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle
to the strong - but that's the way to bet.

- Damon Runyon