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"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."
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"Persistence creates genius; without persistence, there is no winner."
"All that the spider needs to complete its web is step taking."
"When you get a pinch and decide to give up, you will get a cut when you eventually do so. The consequences of giving up are more harmful than the causes. Just don't give up!"
"Sometimes giving up feels like the easiest thing to do. But then the easiest thing has never produced more than a garden full of weeds."
"Talent does not automatically generate success. You can be talentless, but so long as you have fortitude then you will have success."
"Strong enough to make holes in the rock are tiny drops of water that persist to fall. Persistence is the attitude that breaks down mountains one rock at a time!"
"To succeed even once you have to try at least once."
"With patience, you will finish the race set before you."
"For some, putting in the time or work to be prepared and live deliberately is natural. For others? It's work. However, as in the words of Thomas Jefferson, "If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done."
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"If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet."
"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world."
"This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."
"A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration."
"You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor."
"Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money."
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