My
motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in
a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field,
the only thing to do was keep swinging
-- Hank Aaron
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"Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience
and perseverance."
-- Abigail
Adams
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"Nothing could be worse than the fear that one has
given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort
which might have saved the world."
-- Jane Addams
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“Patience
and perseverance have a magical effect before which
difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”
-- John Quincy Adams
If
you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom
friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your
elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
-- Joseph Addison
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“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed
and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”
-- Amos Bronson
Alcott
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“People
of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success
because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed
because they are determined to.”
-- George Allen
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Keep on keeping on.
--
Edgar Allen (Founder
of Easter Seals)
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“Perseverance
is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”
-- Julie Andrews
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It is possible to fail in many ways...while to
succeed is possible only in one way.
-- Aristotle
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"Man
is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning
if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
--
Aristotle
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“To
believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have
goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround
yourself with the things and the people that make you
happy - this is success!”
-- Sasha Azevedo
"The
man who can drive himself further once the effort gets
painful is the man who will win."
-- Roger Bannister
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“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy
is that one often comes from a strong will, and
the other from a strong won't.”
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“When
one door closes, another opens. But we often look so
regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the
one that has opened for us.”
-- Alexander Graham Bell
"If
opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
-- Milton Berle (1908-2002), (Milton Berlinger) U.S.
comedian and actor
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"The
power of a movement lies in the fact that it can
indeed change the habits of people. This change
is not the result of force but of dedication,
of moral persuasion. "
-- Stephen Biko
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Consider
the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability
to stick to one thing till it gets there.
-- Josh Billings
Great
changes may not happen right away, but with effort even
the difficult may become easy.
-- Bill Blackman
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When the story of these times gets written, we
want it to say that we did all we could, and it
was more than anyone could have imagined.
-- Bono
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"Follow
your dream...take one step at a time and don't settle
for less, just continue to climb. Follow your dream...if
you stumble, don't stop and lose sight of your goal,
press on to the top...For only on top can we see the
whole view, can we see what we've done and what we can
do, can we then have the vision to seek something new...Press
on, and follow your dream."
-- Amanda Bradley
Studies
indicate that the one quality all successful people
have is persistence."
-- Joyce Brothers (1928-) U.S. psychologist and talk
show host "
Destiny
is not a matter of chance but of choice. Not something
to wish for but to attain.
-- William Jennings Bryan
One
man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days,
but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes
a success of his life
-- Edward B. Butler
I
hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but
all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary
talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are
attainable.
-- Sir T. F. Buxton
With
ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all
things are attainable.
-- Thomas Foxwell Buxton
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“Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled
success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before
you. Achieve! Achieve!”
~ Andrew Carnegie
“People
who are unable to motivate themselves must be
content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive
their other talents.”
~ Andrew Carnegie
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“Aim
for the highest.”
~ Andrew Carnegie
“Whatever
I engage in, I must push inordinately.”
~ Andrew Carnegie
Concentrate
your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise
man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the
basket.
~ Andrew Carnegie
Concentration
is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
~ Andrew Carnegie
“Permanence,
perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles,
discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that
in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the
weak”
Thomas Carlyle
"Endurance
is patience concentrated."
-- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and
historian
“Most
of the important things in the world have been accomplished
by people who have kept on trying when there seemed
to be no hope at all.”
-- Dale Carnegie
A
man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he
redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres,
and infallibly prevails at last.
-- Lord Chesterfield
Never,
never, never, never give up.
-- Winston Churchill
Never
give in, never give in, never, never, never, never,
in nothing, great or small, large or petty, never give
in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
-- Winston Churchill
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"Rome
was not built in a day
Opposition will come your way
But the harder the battle you see
It's the sweeter the victory"
-- Jimmy Cliff
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All
of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists
through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is
the man who is there when the good luck comes - and
is ready to receive it.
-- Robert Collier
It
does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do
not stop.
-- Confucius
Our
greatest joy is not in never falling, but in rising
every time we fall."
-- Confucius (551-479 BC), (K'ung Fu-tse) Chinese philosopher
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“Nothing
in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent
will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people
with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost
a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of
educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone
are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and
always will solve the problems of the human race”
-- Calvin Coolidge
The
way I see it, there are two kinds of dreams. One is
a dream that's always going to be just that..... A dream.
A vision that you can never really hold in your hand.
Then there's a dream that's more than a dream its like....
A map. A map that you live by and follow for the rest
of your days Knowing that someday your going to stand
on top of that Mountain holding everything you thought
of Right There In Your Hand!
-- Robert Cooper
"
Dream your dream. Follow your heart. Imagine. Listen
to the wind. Drink sunsets. Be free. Let the wonder
never cease. Believe. Wish on EVERY star. Create adventure.
Be Kind."
-- Debbie Coulter
The
main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
-- Steven Covey
Decide
carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work
like mad to make sure you get it!
-- Hector Crawford
“Life
is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must
have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and
that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”
-- Marie Curie
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