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• Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.

  John Calvin

  Prayer, Heart, Joy

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• Well begun is half done.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Fortune Cookie

  Aristotle (2012). “Politics”, p.195, Courier Corporation

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• When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Strong Women

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Running, Volleyball

  "El Guerrouj digs deep for long-awaited gold" by Duncan Mackay, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2004.

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• The future is too soon the past. So make perseverance your excellence and go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Dream, Past

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• When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds to it, meet it with firmness, and accommodate everything to it in the best way practicable. This lessens the evil; while fretting and fuming only serves to increase your own torments.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Evil, Mind, Way

  Thomas Jefferson (1964). “To the Girls and Boys: Being the Delightful, Little-known Letters of Thomas Jefferson to and from His Children and Grandchildren”

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• Fate gave to man the courage of endurance.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Fate, Men, Endurance

  Ludwig van Beethoven, Friedrich Kerst, Henry Edward Krehbiel (1964). “Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words”, p.99, Courier Corporation

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• One is defeated only when one accepts defeat.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Ambition, Defeat, Accepting

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

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Success

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• People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Stay Strong, Lonely, Giving Up

  George Bernard Shaw (2010). “Mrs. Warren's Profession”, p.29, Cosimo, Inc.

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  What worries you, masters you.

  John Locke

  Inspirational, Life, Courage

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• Anyone will succeed in whatever field of endeavor in life by acquiring the same virtues and character that boxing world champions do - dedication, perseverance, courage, extreme self-discipline and prayers

  Manny Pacquiao

  Prayer, Character, Dedication

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• Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

  Michael Josephson

  Positivity, Effort, Resilience

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• Meditation takes discipline, just like learning how to play piano. If you want to learn how to play the piano, it takes more than a few minutes a day, once a while, here and there. If you really want to learn any important skill, whether it is playing piano or meditation, it grows with perseverance, patience, and systematic training.

  Jack Kornfield

  Play, Skills, Piano

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• 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.

  Pierce Brosnan

  Moving, Good Friend, Thinking

  "Pierce Brosnan on How It All Began — and How Bond Ended". Interview with Michael Hainey, www.gq.com. August 22, 2014.

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• The secret to perseverance is a simple one: have a bigger commitment to getting the job done than to attempting to control your inner feelings and sensations.

  Nicholas Lore

  Jobs, Commitment, Simple

  "The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success". Book by Nicholas Lore, 1998.

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• Stop wishing & start doing! Your lack of effort won't affect a true hustlers ambition. Perseverance through adversity is key.

  Behdad Sami

  Ambition, Adversity, Keys

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• Zeal is the great desire to make God known, loved, and served, and thus to bring knowledge of salvation to others. Activity flows from this virtue. Teachers who possess it fulfill the duties of their profession with enthusiasm, love, courage, and perseverance.

  Basil Moreau

  Teacher, Desire, Enthusiasm

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• Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

  Peter Senge

  Creative, Allies, Mastery

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• BJ Novak gets the Perseverance Award for graduating from Harvard and being unemployed for the entire plane ride to Los Angeles.

  Andy Kindler

  Awards, Graduates, Los Angeles

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• Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character not only such qualities as honesty and truthfulness, but courage, perseverance and self-reliance.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Honesty, Character, Successful

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.21, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus.

  Peter McWilliams

  Persistence, Bravery, Tolerance

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• Perseverance. I got cut twice. I got cut in Charlotte. I didn't have to go to Atlanta to audition. I could have said, "I'm not cut out for this." But I said, "I think I'm better than that, I can go try again." So I went to Atlanta and I made it through. Then I got cut the first time around. I could have told them I didn't want to come back for the Wild Card show but I did and look how far I got.

  Clay Aiken

  Cutting, Thinking, Atlanta

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• I guess I'm not jaded because I still believe that there are good films out there, and there are great directors, and there are great writers. It just takes a little bit more perseverance and a little bit more time to find [them].

  Elijah Wood

  Believe, Directors, Littles

  Source: www.aboutfilm.com

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• Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

  Abdul Kalam

  Hard Work, Fighting, Unique

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