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“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.”

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

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”

“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.”

“If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!”

“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.”

“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”

“If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round - remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.”

“Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.”

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

“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.”

“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.”

“The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, its energy - invincible determination - a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.”