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• As the leader of a country, you are not free to enjoy the luxury of such feelings. The Afghan people want peace, which requires persistence. We are determined to defend our country, and the whole region and the entire world understands the justice of our cause and the principled way in which we have engaged in it.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Country, Luxury, Justice

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• God heals, and the doctor takes the fees. Energy and persistence conquer all things. He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! Oh, it's easier to keep Holidays than Commandments. Well done is better than well said.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Holiday, Doctors, Energy

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• Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus.

  Peter McWilliams

  Perseverance, Bravery, Tolerance

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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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.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  God, Mistake, Agony

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• I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

  Caprice Bourret

  Hard Work, Greedy, Bigs

  "My nine to five: Caprice Bourret". Interview with Deany Judd, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2009.

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• Persistence is the measurement of your belief in yourself.

  Brian Tracy

  Measurement, Belief, Belief In Yourself

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• The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works.

  Jeff Bezos

  Educational, Needs, Great Customer Service

  "Managing Human Resources". Book by Susan Jackson, p. 6, June 16, 2011.

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• I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Heart, Fire, Goal

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• The people who come out on top in music business have persistence. It is key! Fall down seven times; stand up eight. It takes a lot of courage and an unwavering belief in yourself and your abilities.

  Wendy Starland

  Fall, Keys, Eight

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• One couldn't even measure roughness. So, by luck, and by reward for persistence, I did found the theory of roughness, which certainly I didn't expect and expecting to found one would have been pure madness.

  Benoit Mandelbrot

  Luck, Rewards, Madness

  Source: bigthink.com

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• It is the manner of (Cadel) Evan's triumph that has particularly endeared him to his countrymen and women... Australians place a premium on persistence in adversity... His win in the year's tour was much more than an exhibition of pure sporting talent; it was a display of grit that will long be treasured by all who saw it.

  Paul Ramadge

  Sports, Adversity, Winning

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• To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.

  Anna Pavlova

  Success, Hard Work, Secret

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• Those who are passionate about what they do have an advantage that is nearly impossible to overcome. In passion there is energy, creativity, resilience and persistence. Passion will get it done.

  Ralph Marston

  Passion, Creativity, Resilience

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• There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

  David Lloyd George

  Motivation, Procrastination, Character

  David Lloyd George (1918). “The Great Crusade: Extracts from Speeches Delivered During the War”

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• We never really know and the very fact that there are such words in the language as disappointment, regret, etc., is testimony to the pervasiveness and persistence of this feature of the human condition.

  Thomas Sowell

  Disappointment, Regret, Etc

  Thomas Sowell (1996). “Knowledge And Decisions”, p.85, Basic Books

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• Persistence in prayer brings results that casual prayer does not.

  Max Anders

  Prayer, Doe, Results

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• Tim Price continues to explore and develop his deeply personal approach to music. Through the years his persistence, determination and passion has enabled him to create a stellar reputation as a multiple woodwind master, composer, producer, author and last but not least educator. Tim is one of the best musicians active today and I'm happy to say he's my friend.

  Bennie Maupin

  Determination, Passion, Years

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• It is the persistence of dance in helping people to resist, reduce, and escape stress since early humanity that attests to its efficacy.

  Judith Lynne Hanna

  Stress, People, Humanity

  Judith Lynne Hanna (2006). “Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress”, p.207, Rowman Altamira

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• Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

  Bill Bradley

  Motivational, Success, Sports

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• You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

  Brian Tracy

  Work, Appreciate, Goal

  Twitter post from Feb 28, 2015

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• Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.

  F. F. Bruce

  Prayer, Attitude, Christian Inspirational

  Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., Peter H. Davids, F. F. Bruce, Manfred Brauch (2010). “Hard Sayings of the Bible”, p.364, InterVarsity Press

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• To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will.

  Nassau William Senior

  Painful, Results, Enjoyment

  Nassau William Senior (1852). “Political Economy: Reprinted from the Original Edition”, p.60

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• Were designed for persistence hunting, which is a mix of running and walking. Whats built into that kind of running is a sense of pleasure. You are designed and built and perfect for this activity, and it should be enjoyable and fun.

  Christopher McDougall

  Running, Fun, Hunting

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• Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end.

  Debi Thomas

  Success, Sports, Perseverance

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• When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter either. Then willpower will be no problem.

  Emil Zatopek

  Determination, Rain, Tired

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