"Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged."
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"If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime."
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"Saints are sinners who kept on going."
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"Unless you've a lot of passion about this, you're not gonna survive. You're gonna give it up. So you've got to have an idea or a wrong that you want to right that you're passionate about, otherwise you're not gonna have the perseverance to stick it through. I think it's half the battle right there."
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"He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty."
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"Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence."
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"Defeat is simply a signal to press onward."
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"We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast"
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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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"Man is not made for defeat."
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"Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life."
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"We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing."
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"Never give in, never give in, never give in."
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"Press on! A better fate awaits thee."
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"To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect a peculiar privilege, a power denied to the rest of mankind; but to suppose that the maze is inscrutable to diligence, or the heights inaccessible to perseverance, is to submit tamely to the tyranny of fancy, and enchain the mind in voluntary shackles."
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"To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language."
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"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel."
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"Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure."
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"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs."
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"Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair."
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