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Perseverance Quotes
"My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker."
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"The string slices into the skin of his fingers and no matter how tough the calluses, it tears. But this beat is fast and even though his joints are aching, his arm's out of control like it has a mind of its own and the sweat tat drenches his hair and face seems to smother him, but nothing's going to stop Tom. He;s aiming for oblivion."
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"Triumphing over great difficulties can lead to great happiness."
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"It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them."
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"We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport."
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"Life took the strongest root with a little bit of rain and a whole lot of shit for fertilizer."
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"The appreciation of your success will only come with your perseverance."
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"'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one."
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"Many beautiful dreams die prematurely because the dreamers don't have enough fuel to drive through the rocky roads and the patience to wait."
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"I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance."
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"Every worthwhile accomplishment big or little has its stages of drudgery and triumph a beginning a struggle and a victory."
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"I never counted on you, lass. You are strong, honorable, clever, shrewd, beautiful, and resilient. You doona ever quit, and you doona ever give up. So why give up on me?"
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"Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end."
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"To persevere in one's duty and be silent is the best answer to calumny."
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"Don't wait until all your doubts and fears are gone before you start working on your dream, because the truth is that there will always be some fears and doubts left in your mind. However, the key is to never allow them to slow you down, place limitations on your life, or blur your positive vision for the future. You are greater than all your fears and doubts."
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"I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move."
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"The slogans "hang on and "press on have solved and will continue to solve the problems of humanity."
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"The snow was too light to stay, the ground too warm to keep it. And the strange spring snow fell only in that golden moment of dawn, the turning of the page between night and day."
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"Live in day - tight compartments."
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"Our personal stories of perseverance contain immense wisdom that can assist others in finding their way to peace and illumination during difficult times."
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"She dabbed at the surface of the water with one paw, and the moon fluttered like silver wings before settling again as the water stilled. Letting out a faint mrrow of wonder, Half Moon dabbed again and again. However often she disturbed the surface, the moon was still there.'It doesn't give up, does it? Half Moon blinked at Jayfeather. 'It's always there, constant like the stones in this cave. Maybe we should be like the moon's reflection, holding fast whatever happens?"
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"It was only when I rounded a bend and glimpsed the white peaks ahead that I doubled my abilities, only when I thought how far i had yet to go that i lost faith that I would get there."
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"You go on by doing the best you can. You go on by being generous. You go on by being true. You go on by offering comfort to others who can't go on. You go on by allowing the unbearable days to pass and allowing the pleasure in other days. You go on by finding a channel for your love and another for your rage."
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"If you fail, never give up. Keep trying, you will succeed."
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"The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke."
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"Sometimes you have to go through the worst, to get to the best. Keep moving forward. Be patient."
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"It is hard to begin and harder to finish."
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"Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perserverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?"
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"Thorns do not keep a rose from blooming, neither should obstacles keep you from success."
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"No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind and tide before he allows himself to cry out, 'I am baffled!' and submits to be floated passively back to land."
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"Enjoy the RIDE NOW. You'll be SUCCESSFUL later, however YOU define SUCCESS."
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"Without delayed gratification, there is no patience."
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"It shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder-or impossible-to lose."
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"Perseverance n.: A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success."
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"Fleet kept running, Kaladin growled, getting back under Elhokar's arm."What?"He couldn't win, but he kept running. And when the storm caught him, it didn't matter that he'd died, because he'd run for all he had."Sure. All right. The king sounded groggy, though Kaladin couldn't tell if it was the alcohol or the blood loss."We all die in the end, you see, Kaladin said. "So I guess what truly matters is just how well you've run. And Elhokar, you've kept running since your father was killed, even if you screw up all the storming time."Thank you? the king said, drowsy."
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"People who don't have patience don't achieve anything in life."
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"If your situation is too tough, don t go back, go forward. You die quicker when you go backward. Die later when you go forward."
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"If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!"
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"Self Effort (Purushartha) is that which will bear fruits, without fail."
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"There are tomorrows on their way worth the struggles of today. Never give up."
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"Ordinary people think you are crazy when you attempt the impossible, deride you when you are halfway to achieving it, and envy you when you achieve it."
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"But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you're fighting for."
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"If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations."
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"The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also."
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"If his decision is correct, he will win the battle, even if it lasts longer than expected. If his decision is wrong, he will be defeated and he will have to start all over again- only this time with more wisdom.But once he has started, a warrior of the light perseveres until the end."
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"Nothing ever stays the same. Just because things aren't good now doesn't mean they will be that way forever....Never quit."
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"Patience is a skill that brings beauty. Patience brings strength. Patience brings happiness - Practice patience and you will achieve your goals!"
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"The key to success-keep swimming. Even when they tap you on the shoulder to say the pool has been drained, just keep swimming."
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"Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when if feels like all you're managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position."
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"For me at least there came moments when faith wavered. But there is the great lesson and the great triumph: keep the fire burning until by and by out of the mass of sordid details there comes some result."
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