Determined Quote by John James Audubon

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

— Winston Churchill

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.

— Alexander Hamilton

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

— Joshua Lederberg

A genius! For 37 years I've practised fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius!

— Pablo de Sarasate

I may not have got the Nobel Prize, but I've won countless other awards, including 'Most Inspirational Living Woman Scientist.'

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

My first ambition was to be a brain surgeon.

— Monica Galetti

“The secret to genius is not genetics but daily ritual married with perseverance.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.

— Thomas A. Edison

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!

— Steve Wozniak

During my successes or my failures, I put it on me.

— Fat Joe

At the end of my career I always wanted to look back and know that I had given it my absolute best.

— Nasser Hussain

My ability to persuade my wife to marry me [was] quite my most brilliant achievement ... Of course, it would have been impossible for…

— Winston Churchill