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“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”

“No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. In fact, in studying the source of people's success, I've found that persistence overshadows even talent as the most valued and effective resource in creating and shaping the quality of life. Most people give up a maddening five feet from their goal!”

“For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.”

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.”

“Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.”

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.”

“If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues”