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"Endurance is patience concentrated."
"Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success."
"God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them."
"My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy."
"If at first you don't succeed, try management."
"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal."
"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves."
"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."
"I was in the right place at the right time."
"Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent."
"The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer."
"It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end."
"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents."
"Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting."
"Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times."
"If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment."
"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success."
"Perseverance, secret of all triumphs."
"The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."