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.
We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.
The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
Let your courage and determination be the vehicle that drives you, and takes you anywhere in this life you wanna go.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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.
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men 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 world is full of educated derelicts.
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent.
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.
"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
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