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“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.”

“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.”

“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”

“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”

“Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.”

“The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.”

“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”

“Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.”

“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”

“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”

“You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”

“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.”

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”

“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.”

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

“Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”

“A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.”

“Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”

“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”