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“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.”

“The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as well as long jumps, of disappointments, and of sweet success.”

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Author:Roy Wilkins

“who wants to read about success? It is the early struggle which makes a good story.”

Want Stories Success Struggle Good Story About Success

Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”

Source: The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons

“Competition is. In every business, no matter how small or how large, someone is just around the corner forever trying to steal your ideas and build his success out of your imagination, struggling after that which you have toiled endless years to secure, striving to outdo you in each and every way. If such a competitor would work as hard to originate as he does to copy, he would much more quickly gain success.”

“You the rich are no whit more attractive or capable than you who were poor and struggling a few years back. But when before you plodded lonely and unappreciated, now the glamour of the motor and the smart apartment surrounds you with a tangible glory. It is amazing how many friends look you up, call you by name, and extol you, who were once a little timid, or indifferent, or utterly neglectful in your time of dire poverty. One has true friends when one is poor and no riches can be greater than that. They are not so obvious when one is rich.”

“Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”

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Book:The Greatest Salesman in the World

Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”

“A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.”

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Book:An Iron Will

Source: An Iron Will

“The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.”

People Love Humans May Stills Happiness Success Fear Human Beings Inspiring Struggle Changed Perseverance Looking For Love African American Love

Author:Halle Berry

“The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.”

Source: Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct

“The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.”

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Author:William J. H. Boetcker

“I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.”

Life Success Faith Struggle Classic

Author:Denzel Washington

“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

“Success is never so interesting as struggle”

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Book:Collected Short Fiction, 1892-1912

Source: Collected Short Fiction, 1892-1912

“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”

Ifs Inspirational Long Success Struggle Sweet Failure Perseverance Defeat Congratulations Delayed

Author:Amos Bronson Alcott

“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.”