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"The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude; you must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to."
"This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward."
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence."
"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."
"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it."
"How long should you try? Until."
"Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through."
"If your plan isn't working, adjust your plan. Never give up."
"Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats."
"Quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."
"Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience."
"Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow."
""Genius is divine perseverance." Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have."
"Once you are really challenged, you find something in yourself. Man doesn't know what he is capable of until he is asked."
"But the person who scored well on an SAT will not necessarily be the best doctor or the best lawyer or the best businessman. These tests do not measure character, leadership, creativity, perseverance."
"I am a kind of burr; I shall stick."
"We’re all going to keep fighting, Harry. You know that?"
"Yeah I want it all, that's why I strive for it"
"Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything."
"Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance."
