Perseverance Quotes - Page 19

• Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Determination, Procrastination, Persistence

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• The world is full of educated derelicts.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Determination, Persistence, Writing Essays

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vice President Mike Pence's Speech at Grove City College, time.com. May 20, 2017.

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible.

  John Bonifaz

  Motivational, War, Persistence

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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence.

  Brian Tracy

  Disappointment, Adversity, Persistence

  Brian Tracy (2009). “Flight Plan: The Real Secret of Success”, p.136, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Patience, Essentials, Three

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2794, Manonmani Publishers

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• Through persistence, you can be one of those happy, victorious people who not only chases dreams, but who catches them! The persistent man also perseveres long enough for his dreams to catch up with him!

  Catherine Ponder

  Dream, Persistence, Men

  Catherine Ponder “The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity”, Lulu.com

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• Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.

  Magic Johnson

  Hard Work, Player, Guy

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• By doing things when you are too tired, by pushing yourself farther than you thought you could - like running the track after a two-hour practice - you become a competitor. Each time you go beyond your perceived limit, you become mentally stronger.

  Pat Summitt

  Running, Tired, Practice

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.151, Crown Business

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• Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

  William James

  Basketball, Dream, Hard Work

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• Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.

  John Wooden

  Giving, Effort, Want

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• If you pour your heart into your work, or into any worthy enterprise, you can achieve dreams others may think impossible.

  Howard Schultz

  Dream, Heart, Thinking

  Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”

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• Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.

  Dennis DeYoung

  Success, Basketball, Ambition

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• Repetition is the mother of skill.

  Tony Robbins

  Mother, Skills, Repetition

  Twitter post from Oct 24, 2015

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• Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.

  Susan L. Taylor

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

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• No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

  Bertrand Russell

  Persistence, Achievement, Labor Day

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.35, Lulu Press, Inc

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• No one can travel so far that he does not make some progess each day. So let us never give up. Then we shall move forward daily in the Lord's way. And let us never despair because of our limited success. Even though it is so much less than we would like, our labour is not wasted when today is better than yesterday!

  John Calvin

  Giving Up, Moving, Yesterday

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• When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.

  Ed Macauley

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

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  There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.

  Vince Lombardi

  Success, Leadership, Determination

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• People often avoid making decisions out of fear of making a mistake. Actually the failure to make decisions is one of life's biggest mistakes.

  Noah Weinberg

  Inspirational, Life, Encouragement

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• As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent - that it does not have to be recognized by others.

  Robert Breault

  Stay Strong, Determination, Mean

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• I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspiring, Wise, Littles

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• The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

  Mary Roberts Rinehart

  Time, Clever, Ideas

  Mary Roberts Rinehart (2015). “Affinities”, p.37, Sheba Blake Publishing

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