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“It is the business of little minds to shrink.”

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

“The world is full of educated derelicts.”

“It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.”

“I think you make the best with what you've got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you're going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures.”

“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.”

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.”

“'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”

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

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

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

“Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.”

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.”

“Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want”

“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”

“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.”

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”

“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.”

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.”

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”

“The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!”

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.”

“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.”

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.”

“Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.”

“There are but two roads that lead to an important goal and to the doing of great things: strength and perseverance. Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.”

“We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.”

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”