"Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working."
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"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent."
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"Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent."
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"Try again. Fail again. Try better."
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"Repetition is the mother of skill."
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"Have fire and spread all over. Work, work. Be the servant while leading, be unselfish, and never listen to one friend in private accusing another. Have infinite patience, and success is yours."
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"Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance."
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"Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat."
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"I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance."
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"It's important to me that youth everywhere, no matter their race, religion, or gender, know that anything is possible with perseverance."
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"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."
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"No great achievement is possible without persistent work."
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"Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration."
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"Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat."
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"You have a dream and you have obstacles in front of you as we all do. None of us ever get through this life without heartache, without turmoil, and if you believe and you have faith and you can get knocked down and get back up again and you believe in perseverance as a great human quality, you find your way."
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"If you share a good idea long enough, it will eventually fall on good people."
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"The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit."
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"Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance."
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"Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you."
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"The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance."
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