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Persistence Quotes
"The thoughts that you will never make it comes to every person who ever did something great in their lives."
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"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."
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"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
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"A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit."
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"I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off."
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"A FAILED RESOLUTION IS NOT THE FAULT OF RESOLUTIONS."
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"It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race."
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"And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian."
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"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."
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"We must see our present fight right through to the very end."
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"No matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . And then one fine morning-So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
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"The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don't give up."
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"You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead."
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"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal."
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"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
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"The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to thing when you have outlived the first interest and not yet the second which comes with a sort of mastery."
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"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little."
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"There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying."
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"The hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second which comes with a sort of mastery."
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"Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls."
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"It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating."
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"Evil in general does not sleep, and therefore doesn't see why anyone else should."
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"Don't run away from the gains because it comes with pains. If you ever love to go for the sweet honey, be ready to be stung by a busy bee! Go for it anyway!"
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"One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake."
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"It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head."
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"We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!"
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"When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row."
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"The cream rises to the top, even if sour."
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"Persistence is the pillar of success."
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"Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead."
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"Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them."
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"A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues."
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"Win or lose, at least I'm doing something."
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"Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can."
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"I'll keep doing it until I die or the audiences die."
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"Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed."
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"Technically, the last number of years, partially from the injury, it's been difficult to push forward but I felt even before the injury that I still could do more and was sort of at a stalemate."
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"But that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older."
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"Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything."
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"I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full."
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"Until is a very important word. It means that you will never give up."
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"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."
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"When nothing seems to be going right, take a break. Clear your head and give yourself some time to rest. Then try again. Rinse and repeat. Over and over again until you see the results you want. Take your time off as a time to change your perspective, as a time to find a solution to your problem. With hard work and dedication, any problem can be solved. Don't expect instant results with no work, expect small successes and many failures that will build up to become your dreams."
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"Encourage yourself and do it bit by bit. It may appear tough, but every single bite of it every day is an endorsement that all will be chopped off sooner. Nothing is too difficult!"
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