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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.”

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”

“The world is full of educated derelicts.”

“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.”

“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.”

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.”

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”

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

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”

“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.”

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”

“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.”

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”

“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.”

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.”

“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.”

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

“If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.”

“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”

“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.”

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”

“Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.”

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

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

“If you're going through hell, keep going.”

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”

“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.”

“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

“We must apply our humble efforts to the construction of a more just and humane world. And I want to declare emphatically: Such a world is possible. To create this new society, we must present outstretched and friendly hands, without hatred and rancor, even as we show great determination and never waver in the defense of truth and justice. Because we know that we cannot sow seeds with clenched fists. To sow we must open our hands.”