"I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence"
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"People who say "it is impossible", should not interrupt those who are trying to make it possible."
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"I've been writing since I was six. It is a compulsion, so I can't really say where the desire came from; I've always had it. My breakthrough with the first book came through persistence, because a lot of publishers turned it down!"
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"One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards."
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"I believe that persistent effort, supported by a character-based foundation, will enable you to get more of the things money will buy and all of the things money won't buy."
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"There is no shortcut to achievement."
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"Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable."
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"And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of poverty generates levels of despair that deepen social conflict the escalation of paranoia produces levels of distrust that reinforce cultural division. Rae is the most explosive issue in American life precisely because it forces us to confront the tragic facts of poverty and paranoia despair, and distrust. In short, a candid examination of race matters takes us to the core of the crisis of American democracy (p. 107)."
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"You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile."
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"Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition."
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"The only things you learn are the things you tame"
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"My persistence is the measure of the belief I have in myself."
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"Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married."
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"I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people."
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"The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion."
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"Tough times test your valor, persistence and ability to make decisions. They force you to fight for your dreams."
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"Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment."
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"A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician."
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"Grit is not just simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest, and do it again and again."
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"The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something. The strongest, by dispensing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything. The drop, by continually falling, bores its passage through the hardest rock. The hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar, and leaves no trace behind."
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