"Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment."
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"Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a complicated scheme."
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"All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance."
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"When you want to change things, you won't please everyone."
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"Say I have set my goal at 300 pounds, and I cannot do it. The very fact that I have been devotedly practising and practising gives me joy, and the tenacity or perseverance that I am showing is itself progress. Anything that we do devotedly and soulfully helps us make progress."
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"Purity, perseverance, and energy- these three I want."
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"Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work - this is the only way. Go on; remember - patience and purity and courage and steady work. . . . So long as you are pure, and true to your principles, you will never fail."
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"Know full well that patience is the best means of succeeds."
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"We have not faith, we have not patience to see this. We trust the man in the street; but there is one being in the universe we never trust and that is God. We trust Him when He works just our way. But the time will come when, getting blow after blow, the self - sufficient mind will die. In everything we do, the serpent ego is rising up. We are glad that there are so many thorns on the path. They strike the hood of the cobra."
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"It must not be thought that it is ever possible to reach the interior earth by any perseverance in mining: both because the exterior earth is too thick, in comparison with human strength; and especially because of the intermediate waters, which would gush forth with greater impetus, the deeper the place in which their veins were first opened; and which would drown all miners."
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"The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity."
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"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."
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"This lady is not for turning."
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"Endurance is the crowning quality."
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"Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time."
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"Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life."
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"Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now."
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"As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time."
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"(The movie) is the story of my life, but it's not about me. It's about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell them, 'No, you can't do it.' You can."
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"Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful."
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