Perseverance

She was not a white man. So Clara rewrote the law that governed the practice of law in California, replacing 'white man' with 'any citizen or person resident of this state.'

Dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change.

It's one of the best qualities to have, the ability to reset after you've taken a hard hit. I've had the pleasure and privilege of seeing the human spirit in full flight in incredible ways.

If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.

If you want to change the world don't ever, ever ring the bell.

When you try hard at everything you do, even if it feels utterly foolish to do so, you're opening up future doors and possibilities that you might not be seeing in the moment.

When you achieve your dreams, it's not so much what you get — it's who you become.

I couldn't have done it a fingernail faster. I didn't leave a fingernail in that pool.

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination. And moreover, you have to remember that whatever you've gone through, it pales in comparison to the hardships previous generations endured — and they overcame them.

There is no success without failure. There is no success without multiple failures, I promise you that.

You don't have to be smarter than the next person. All you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.