"The basis of persistence is the Power of Will."
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"Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard."
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"It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable; it is precisely thereby that it attracts the more subtle minds. It seems that the hundred-times-refuted theory of the "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it."
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"You can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are."
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"For all of us today, the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways to lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. We must keep going."
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"Franklin's illness...gave him strength and courage he had not had before. He had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn the greatest of all lessons - infinite patience and never ending persistence."
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"Success in life isn't only for the gifted or the privileged or those with a high IQ. Success is totally dependent on three things: persistence, determination and a positive mental attitude."
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"Implement your plans with courage and persistence. Have complete faith in your ability to succeed and never, ever give up."
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"Persistence is the measurement of your belief in yourself."
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"All great successes are the triumph of persistence."
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"Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence - natural ability notwithstanding."
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"Lucky is where skill meets persistence."
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"The challenge of statesmanship is to have the vision to dream of a better, safer world and the courage, persistence, and patience to turn that dream into reality."
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"Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent."
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"God is action, complete with mistakes, fumblings, persistence, agony. God is not the power that has found eternal equilibrium, but the power that is forever breaking every equilibrium, forever searching for a higher one."
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"Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength."
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"Lawsuits are not pink teas. They are battles."
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"The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success."
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"The big talent is persistence."
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"Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path."
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