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• I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

  William Faulkner

  Life, Believe, Sacrifice

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• I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Life, Success, Fear

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• Years ago, women sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and discussing life. Now they discuss the same topics while they run.

  Joan Benoit

  Running, Drinking, Coffee

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• The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.

  Denis Waitley

  Life, Sports, Giving

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• I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Hurt, Stars, Work Out

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• My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.

  Bill Rodgers

  Motivational, Drinking, Athlete

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• Nothing to mountaineering, just a little physical endurance, a good deal of brains, lots of practice, and plenty of warm clothing.

  Annie Smith Peck

  Practice, Brain, Littles

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• In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young.

  Mary Garden

  Skills, Australia, Flying

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• Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Country, Heart, Rich Countries

  "Message to the Public," Times (London), 11 Feb. 1913

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• He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Patience

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• Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain where it has never been.

  William Harvey

  Memories

  William Harvey (1847). “The works of William Harvey, M.D.”, p.161

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• Endurance is the queen of all virtues.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Queens, Virtue

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• I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better.

  Tyra Banks

  Sleep, Work Out, Looks

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• In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place.

  Oscar Wilde

  Struggle, Silly, Mind

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.15, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Nothing endures but personal qualities.

  Walt Whitman

  Personal Qualities, Quality, Leaves Of Grass

  Walt Whitman “Annotated LEAVES OF GRASS with English Grammar Exercises: by Walt Whitman (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, Powell Publications, LLC

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  Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

  Dean Karnazes

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.197, Penguin

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• I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortunes.

  Washington Irving

  Fortitude, Fortune, Overwhelming

  Washington Irving (2014). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.33, Penguin

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• Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

  Bruce Lee

  Power, Speed, Lost

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• We can't reach old age by another man's road.

  Mark Twain

  Birthday, Men, Age

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.5, Courier Corporation

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• What does it mean to be true to the faith? That word true implies commitment, integrity, endurance, and courage.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Integrity, Mean, Commitment

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• Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.

  Mark Z. Danielewski

  Life, Latin, Mean

  Mark Z. Danielewski (2000). “Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves”

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• There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently

  William Shakespeare

  Philosophical, Dental Work, Philosopher

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 5, sc. 1, l. 35

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• I knew that good like bad becomes a routine, that the temporary tends to endure, that what is external permeates to the inside, and that the mask, given time, comes to be the face itself.

  Marguerite Yourcenar

  Life, Change, Wisdom

  Marguerite Yourcenar (1954). “Memoirs of Hadrian”

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• Without patience, you will never conquer endurance.

  Yiannis Kouros

  Conquer

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• Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Tests, Violence, Invention

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.266, Stanford University Press

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