"The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it. . ."
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"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence."
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"There is no substitute for hard work."
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"I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success."
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"Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause."
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"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."
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"Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing"
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"Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses."
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"When we undertake a task, we should not falter from first to last until the task is accomplished; if we fail, we should not begrudge our lives as a sacrifice-this is what we mean by loyalty. The ancient teaching of loyalty meant sometimes death."
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"Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune."
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"We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
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"At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline."
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"Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals."
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"The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit."
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"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."
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"The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time, perseverance, self-control and patience."
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"As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want."
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"Adversity introduces a man to himself."
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"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."
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"Luck is predictable; the harder you work, the luckier you get."
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