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• My advice: Just keep movin' straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place.

  George Carlin

  Advice, Finding Yourself, Different

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• Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent.

  Susan Cain

  Lying, Inspiration, Ninety Nine

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.169, Broadway Books

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• There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze.

  Etty Hillesum

  Determination, Giving Up, Sparks

  Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.498, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Dig until you hit rock. Then take out that jackhammer and go a little deeper.

  Allison Brennan

  Determination, Writing, Rocks

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• As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal.

  Michelle Malkin

  Media, President, Chicago

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• Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.

  Christopher Pike

  Keys, Mystery

  Christopher Pike (2012). “Thirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood, Red Dice”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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• If you run out of ideas follow the road; you'll get there

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Running, Ideas, Ifs

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• There's no "magic secret"; writing is like everything else; ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence; keeping at it till you get there. As Agnes de Mille said, it means working every day—bored, tired, weary, or with a fever of a hundred and two.

  Marion Zimmer Bradley

  Inspiration, Hard Work, Writing

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• With the persistence of tensions and conflicts in various parts of the world, the international community must never forget what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as a warning and in incentive to develop truly effective and peaceful means of settling tensions and disputes. Fifty years after the Second World War, the leaders of nations cannot become complacent but rather should renew their commitment to disarmament and to the banishment of all nuclear weapons.

  Pope John Paul II

  Religious, War, Commitment

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• See, Sway, that’s what you get for flunking your pilot’s test six times…which I’m pretty sure is a record of some sort. If not for the actual flunking, definitely for the persistence in pursuing that which you obviously have no talent for. Personally, I wouldn’t let you fly a remote-control kid’s plane. (Vik) Shut up before I find a can opener. (Sway)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Kids, Records, Pilots

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born of Ice”, p.35, Macmillan

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• When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Dream, Hard Work, About Yourself

  "Three Weeks with My Brother". Book by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks, April 5, 2004.

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• I warn you, Kelsey, that I'm an extremely patient man. I've had extensive practice in waiting out the enemy. My life as a tiger has taught me that attentive persistence and focused diligence always pay off. Consider yourself forewarned, priyatama. I'm on the hunt. I've caught your scent, and I won't be thwarted in my course.

  Colleen Houck

  Love, Men, Practice

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• What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary things: through cooking and small talk, through storytelling, making love, fishing, tending animals and sweet corn and flowers, through sports, music, and books, raising kids-all the places where the gravy soaks in and grace shines through. Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Lacking any other purpose in life, it would be good enough to live for their sake.

  Garrison Keillor

  Sports, Sweet, Flower

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• The great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons. Their excellence comes from digging into the raw ore of their own character, through hard work, persistence and faith turning whatever they touch into gold.

  Guy Finley

  Motivational, Hard Work, Character

  FaceBook post by Guy Finley from Dec 11, 2014

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• That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Ordinary, Fit

  William Shakespeare (2001). “King Lear”, p.63, Classic Books Company

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• If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell.

  Octavia Butler

  Writing, Needs, Stories

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• Living the dream is simply a form of living out your passion, of making that passion gradually, through persistence and effort, a central part of your life.

  Urijah Faber

  Dream, Art, Passion

  FaceBook post by Urijah Faber from Jul 30, 2013

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• Such a courageous boy I was. To act brazenly under scrutiny and risk further injury to my wounded heart. Ah, the resilience, the blind, dumb persistence of youth.

  Meg Rosoff

  Heart, Boys, Dumb

  Meg Rosoff (2008). “What I Was”, p.41, Penguin UK

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• Whenever I look at the history of presidents I deeply admire - the one thing that I'm always struck by is persistence. It's a quality that's underrated. Being able to plough through, being able to stay buoyant in the face of challenges.

  Barack Obama

  Challenges, President, Quality

  "Mitt Romney and Barack Obama talk leadership in dueling 60 Minutes interviews". www.cbsnews.com. September 24, 2012.

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• How protean are the devices available to human intelligence when it lends itself to the persistence of the conformist error.

  Robert M. Lindner

  Errors, Justice, Diversity

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• When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.

  Kelly Cutrone

  Doors, Voice, Firsts

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• Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar. Art consists of the persistence of memory.

  Stephen King

  Art, Hurt, Memories

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• I don't believe in greatness that is bestowed as a rare gift to a few lucky ones. Rather, I think all people have greatness inside them. It is just a matter of persistence--sticking to what you have envisioned until it is reality. I have a deep conviction that everyone, including you, has been given exactly the right set of gifts to fulfill some magnificent purpose in life. Greatness must simply be chosen. And if you choose it, it will happen.

  Ilchi Lee

  Believe, Reality, Greatness

  Ilchi Lee (2009). “Brain Wave Vibration: Getting Back Into the Rhythm of a Happy, Healthy Life”, p.105, BEST Life Media

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• Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.

  Hamilton Holt

  Motivational, Positive, Determination

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• Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Motivational, Dream, Determination

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