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  Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

  Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

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• No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn't matter how hard you hit back. It's about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That's how you win.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Life, Positive, Moving On

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• There is nothing so far removed from us as to be beyond our reach, or so hidden that we cannot discover it.

  Rene Descartes

  Discovery, Space

  "French and English Philosophers: Descartes, Voltaire, Rousseau, Hobbes".

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• My greatest point is my persistence... However down I am, I fight until the last ball.

  Lance Armstrong

  Fighting, Balls, Lasts

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• The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics, and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death so that we may also share their crowns of glory.

  John of Damascus

  Life, God, Faith

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• Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.

  Napoleon Hill

  Mean, Mind, Wish

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “Your Magic Power to be Rich!”, p.27, Penguin

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  Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Motivational, Moving On, Success

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• Make the second effort your second nature.

  Harvey Mackay

  Effort

  Harvey Mackay (2011). “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World”, Penguin

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• As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end.

  Paul Kane

  Patience, Winning, Years

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• Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when he's tired.

  Felix Rohatyn

  New York, Tired, Cities

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• Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspiring, Hope, Giving Up

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.23, Anchor

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• Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

  Giacomo Leopardi

  Giving Up, Men, Design

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• Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Success, Moving On

  Joel Osteen (2012). “I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life”, p.19, Hachette UK

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• Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dog

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• No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

  Voltaire

  Inspirational, Education, Clever

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• Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

  Robert Collier

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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• The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

  "Proverbial Wisdom: Proverbs, Maxims and Ethical Sentences, of Interest to All Classes of Men". Book by Abram N. Coleman, p. 233, 1903.

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• It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.

  Questlove

  Giving Up, Mean, Passing On

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• You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

  Maya Angelou

  Moving On, Spiritual, Strong Women

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 01, 2009

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• The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.

  Milton Glaser

  Real, Independent, Issues

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• The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

  Joyce Brothers

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

  "Business Class : Etiquette Essentials for Success at Work" by Jacqueline Whitmore, (p. 25), 2005.

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• The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• We must school and train ourselves to deal personally with the unconverted. We must not excuse ourselves, but force ourselves to the irksome task until it becomes easy.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Perseverance, Learning, School

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “Select Works”, p.255, Lulu Press, Inc

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• My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match.

  Bjorn Borg

  Being Strong, Giving Up, Never Give In

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• Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 11, 2014

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