What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.
The harder I work the more I live.
If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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.
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.
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.
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.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
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.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious 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.
There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
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