"It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating."

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"Get this; without a continuous struggle, your previous struggles will become a waste. Stay on and hold on until the success become evident."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"Whatever is difficult for you become easy if you take a bite of it every day. Try again and again!"

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"So often we quit on the first failure. We must persistent long enough to achieve success."

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"Persistence, perseverance, and continuous improvement are the ingredients for forming a successful person."

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"Sharpen your life always; even though it will come to an end like a pencil, we have to keep on writing."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

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"Until is a very important word. It means that you will never give up."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

Persistence, Endurance, Discipline, Faith

"Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it. If it fights back; fine. I'd rather end up bloody at the end of the day, then unhurt with no progress made, no knowledge gained. I'd rather have a no, then nothing. I'd forgotten that about myself."

Laurell K. Hamilton, American Writer

Persistence, Patience, Life, Truth

"You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed.I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed."

Betty Cuthbert, Australian Athlete

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"Paralyze resistance with persistence."

Woody Hayes, American Coach

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"I think people give up, because it's the easy option, but my goodness; why would giving up be easy? Your living your life chasing anything to fill the void of what came about when you let go of everything that mattered? I'd rather fight like mad, for everything that will ever matter, because giving in to anything that doesn't will never cure the dream."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Persistence, Fight, Dream, Determination, Passion

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"I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book."

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"The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon."

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"I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time."

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"Get this; without a continuous struggle, your previous struggles will become a waste. Stay on and hold on until the success become evident."

"Whatever is difficult for you become easy if you take a bite of it every day. Try again and again!"

"So often we quit on the first failure. We must persistent long enough to achieve success."

"Persistence, perseverance, and continuous improvement are the ingredients for forming a successful person."

"Sharpen your life always; even though it will come to an end like a pencil, we have to keep on writing."

"Until is a very important word. It means that you will never give up."

"You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed.I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed."

"Paralyze resistance with persistence."

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"Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior."

"In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women."

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"White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America."

"It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating."

"My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework."

"The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are."

"I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book."

"The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon."

"I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time."