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“It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles.”

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

“There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the only rule is this: do what works. Almost everything has been tried and found to succeed for somebody. The methods, even the ideas of successful writers contradict each other in a most heartening way, and the only element I find common to all successful writers is persistence-an overwhelming determination to succeed.”

“The best way out is always through.”

“Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”

“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

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

“Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.”

“I'm hard-nosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah, if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter, and then one day somebody gives you a job, you can say, Gee, I was lucky I happened to go up there today. But, dammit, I was going to go up there sooner or later in the next seventy years. If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost make your own fortune.”

“The world is full of educated derelicts.”

“We cannot expect in the immediate future that all women who seek it will achieve full equality of opportunity. But if women are tostart moving towards that goal, we must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.”

“Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.”

“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.”

“Quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.”

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”

“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.”

“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”

“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”

“There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.”

“If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”

“If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.”

“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.”

“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.”

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

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