"He that can have patience can have what he will."
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"All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body."
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"I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day."
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"Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow - perhaps it all will."
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"the world has changed: it did not change without your prayers without your faith without your determination to believe in liberation and kindness; without your dancing through the years that had no beat."
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"A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough."
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"It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science."
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"Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience."
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"With strength and determination you can do anything you want in life, as long as you believe in yourself, because if you don't, no one else will."
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"If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance."
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"If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves."
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"Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found."
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"Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else."
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"I like to think that I've got determination, and I'm fiercely protective of the people I love."
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"Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter of the rights of little nations (like little Belgium), as a highly evolved citizen of a highly civilized community, to refuse the claim of this better half to self-determination."
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"There's always a way - if you're committed."
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"Watch your thoughts, they become words."
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"Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge."
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"Success always demands a greater effort."
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"Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic which had as its assets spirit, optimism, faith in God and an unshakeable belief that free men and women could govern themselves wisely. We became the leader of the free world, an example for all those who cherish freedom."
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