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Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.
Nothing succeeds like persistence. The common denominator of all successful people is their persistence.
Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than talents and accomplishments.
When I feel like my body is exhausted, I focus on making my fifth Olympic team so I can push through it.
If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.
If one concentrates on one thing and does not get away from it ... he will possess strong, moving power.
No one who shall invoke this Mother of Grace with devotion and perseverance can possibly perish forever.
Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.
For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.
What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.
Becoming a professional artist takes talent and perseverance, even more so when the field is photography.
I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.
We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast
Even at my age, I'm trying to improve. Never give up, no matter what. Even if you get last place - finish.
Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.
My features I take from my father, but my spirit, my industry and perseverance I get from my Indian mother.
The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences.
Failure is not meant to be final and fatal.... It is meant to refine you to be all that you are meant to be.
What does it matter if a few barking dogs snap at the heels of the weary travelers? ... The caravan moves on
Because you lack a noble and successful past is no reason why you should lack a noble and successful future.
If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.
As we say in the sewer, if you're not prepared to go all the way, don't put your boots on in the first place.
Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.
Setting a goal, accomplishing it, and feeling good about yourself can help build confidence and perseverance.
Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
Enthusiasm, if fueled by inspiration and perseverance, travels with passion and its destination is excellence.
Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better.
Having kids and a relationship at such an early age definitely built up my hunger and perseverance to succeed.
I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.
Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision.
You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing.
We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing.
No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.
Much shedding of blood, many great actions, and triumphs, toil and perseverance are the end of all things human.
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.
I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.
You spend more of the game preparing to win in the final seconds. And that is what separates winners from losers.