"Persistence is self-discipline in action."
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"If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope."
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"I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself."
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"Though perseverance does not come from our power, yet it comes within our power."
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"The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings"
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"Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe."
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"Don't foul, don't flinch-hit the line hard."
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"The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance."
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"Know it for certain that without steady devotion for the Guru and unflinching patience and perseverance, nothing is to be achieved. You must have strict morality."
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"But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition."
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"All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles."
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"There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it needs patience, perseverance, courage, and the hand of an artist to weave it into the literature of the country."
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"Perseverance is a great element of success."
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"The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit."
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"In the long vista of the years to roll,\\ Let me not see my country's honor fade;\\ Oh! let me see our land retain its soul!\\ Her pride in Freedom, and not Freedom's shade."
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"Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result."
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"Fate gave to man the courage of endurance."
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"We can put our whole heart into whatever we do; but if we freeze our attitude into for or against, we're setting ourselves up for stress. Instead, we could just go forward with curiosity, wondering where this experiment will lead. This kind of open-ended inquisitiveness captures the spirit of enthusiasm, or heroic perseverance."
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"Persevere even though Hell and destruction should yawn beneath your feet."
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"I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance."
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