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“'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.”

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Wilma Rudolph, born on June 23, 1940, and passed away on November 12, 1994, was an American track and field athlete renowned as one of the greatest female athletes of the 20th century. She won three gold medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics, becoming the first woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games in the history of track and field. more

“Your good mother tells me you are feeling very badly in your new situation. Allow me to assure you it is a perfect certainty that you will, very soon, feel better - quite happy - if you only stick to the resolution you have taken to procure a military education.... On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.”

Source: Abraham Lincoln's Wit & Wisdom

“I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.”

Country Dies Term Successful Perseverance Congress Contests Forsake

Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

“I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.”

Wells I Can Government Deals Duty Perseverance Inclination Malice Malicious

Book:The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle: Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle: Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln

“I have seen your despatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bull-dog gripe, and chew & choke, as much as possible.”

Break Dog Willing Perseverance Where You Are Bulls Choke

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“Again I admonish you not to be turned from your stern purpose of defending your beloved country and its free institutions by any arguments urged by ambitious and designing men, but stand fast to the Union and the old flag.”

Men Country Purpose Design Argument Institutions Unions Perseverance Beloved Flags Ambitious Beloved Country Admonish

Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

“You can do anything you think you can.”

Thinking Can Do Perseverance Optimist Persevere Incurable Disease

Author:Christopher Reeve

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