Defeat
never comes to any man until he admits it.
-- Josephus Daniels
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience
with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your
own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying
them - every day begin the task anew.
-- Saint Francis de Sales
The
person who makes a success of living is the one who
sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.
That is dedication.
-- Cecil B. De Mille
Be
ambitious! You will never achieve anything greater than
you set your sights upon. Great endeavors do not just
happen, they are undertaken by average people who gain
a vision of how to make the impossible possible.”
-- John Di Frances
Don't
let adversity become an obstacle. Let adversity spur
you on to devise creative approaches and solutions.
-- John Di Frances
To
succeed... you need to find something to hold on to,
something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
--Tony Dorsett
Our
greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain
way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
-- Thomas A. Edison
Nearly
every man who develops an idea works at it up to the
point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged.
That's not the place to become discouraged.
-- Thomas A. Edison
“I
am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded
is another step forward.”
-- Thomas A. Edison
"Genius
is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
-- Thomas Edison (1847-1931) U.S. inventor
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It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay
with problems longer.
-- Albert Einstein |
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“Perseverance
is not a long race; it is many short races one after
the other”
-- Walter Elliot
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All great masters are chiefly distinguished by
the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps
a fourth step in a continuous line.
~ Ralph Waldo
Emerson
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but
in rising up every time we fail.
~ Ralph Waldo
Emerson
"Adopt
the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
~ Ralph Waldo
Emerson
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Progress
is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
"
I found that if I could find the energy then I could
find the determination to keep on going. I learned that
your mind can amaze your body, if you just keep telling
yourself, I can do it, I can do it, and I can do it."
-- Jon Erickson
Don't
let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is
had to begin where he was."
-- Richard L. Evans
Success
seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others
have let go.
-- William Feather
Vitality
shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability
to start over.
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
He
who would do some great thing in this short life, must
apply himself to the work with such a concentration
of his forces as to the idle spectators, who live only
to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.
-- John Foster
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“I
always tell my kids if you lay down, people will
step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if
you keep going, someone will always, always give
you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing,
you gotta keep your feet moving.”
-- Morgan Freeman
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“The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.”
-- Morgan Freeman
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There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn
from a mistake.
-- Robert Fripp
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"First
they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then
they fight you, then you win."
-- Mohandas K.
Gandhi
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“Stay
the course, light a star, Change the world where'er
you are.”
-- Richard Le Gallienne
“Success
consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.”
-- Oliver Goldsmith
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If you really want something, and really work
hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and
never give up, you will find a way.. Follow your
Dreams.
~ Jane Goodall
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"The
way to succeed is never quit. That’s it. But really
be humble about it."
-- Alex Haley
There's
only one way you can fail, and that's to quit.
-- Brian Hays
There
may be troubled waters along the many paths my life
shall take, but only I as a man, may keep my vessel
afloat, and guide myself straight.
-- Robert M. Hensel
Failure
leaves open a door for us to try, and try again.
-- Robert M. Hensel
Success
is measured simply by the amount of effort we put forth,
in conquering our objectives.
--Robert M. Hensel
"If
at first you don't succeed, try, try, again."
-- William Edward Hickson
“Edison
failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light.
Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.”
-- Napoleon Hill
"
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable
combination for success."
-- Napoleon Hill
The
majority of men meet with failure because of their lack
of persistence in creating new plans to take the place
of those which fail.
-- Napoleon Hill
Success
seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep
moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
-- Conrad Hilton
“I
am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by
the number of times I succeed: and the number of times
I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times
I fail and keep trying.”
-- Tom Hopkins
"Persistence
prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked
by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow
onward.”
-- Vernon Howard
“A
little more persistence, a little more effort, and what
seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”
--Elbert Hubbard
Press
on! A better fate awaits thee.
-- Victor Hugo
Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than
twice their weight of cleverness.
-- Thomas Henry Huxley
Boys,
there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't
go spending your whole life commiserating that you got
the raw deals. You've got to say, I think that if I
keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have
it. It's called perseverance.
-- Lee Iacocca
It
is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost
to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage,
and working their solitary but irresistible way through
a thousand obstacles.
-- Washington Irving
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