Perseverance Quotes - Page 30

• Any damn fool can put on a deal, but it takes genius, faith and perseverance to create a brand.

  David Ogilvy

  Business, Genius, Fool

  David Ogilvy (2012). “The Unpublished David Ogilvy”, p.87, Profile Books

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• Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you... yet, someone survived... You can do anything you choose to do.

  Maya Angelou

  Change, Happiness, Inspiring

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• Pay no attention to what the critics say;
  no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

  Jean Sibelius

  Inspirational, Confidence, Courage

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• The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.

  Hamilton Wright Mabie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Education

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• There is no failure except in no longer trying.

  Chris Bradford

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind.

  Napoleon Hill

  Success, Attitude, Failure

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.92, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• "Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Encouraging, Encouragement, Mistake

  "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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• Send the harmony of a Great Desire vibrating through every fiber of your being. Pray for a task that will call forth your faith, your courage, your perseverance, and you spirit of sacrifice. Keep your hands and your soul clean, and the conquering current will flow freely.

  Thomas Dreier

  Faith, Courage, Sacrifice

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• The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education.

  John F. Kennedy

  Freedom, Character, Government

  Address at the University of Washington's 100th Anniversary Program, November 16, 1961.

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• Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Inspiring, Graduation

  Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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• You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Inspiring, Happiness, Success

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• Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

  William Faulkner

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Stockholm, 10 Dec. 1950

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• No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

  Amar Bose

  Inspirational, Failure, Moving

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• Emotional self-awareness is the building block of the next fundamental emotional intelligence: being able to shake off a bad mood.

  Daniel Goleman

  Block, Emotional, Self

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.100, Bantam

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• A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Leadership, Practice, Principles

  Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

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• It would be naïve to think that peace and justice can be achieved easily. No set of rules or study of history will automatically resolve the problems ... However, with faith and perseverance, ... complex problems in the past have been resolved in our search for justice and peace.

  Jimmy Carter

  Peace, Past, Thinking

  Jimmy Carter (1984). “Negotiation, the Alternative to Hostility”

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• Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

  Andrei Sakharov

  Strength, Critical Spirit, Belief

  "Andrei Sakharov/ Biographical". www.nobelprize.org.

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• No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Strength, Years, Rocks

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.649, Delphi Classics

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• I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

  Katherine Dunham

  Inspirational, Strength, Happiness

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• If you want to be successful in a particular field or endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities. It's very important that you find something that you care about, that you have a deep passion for, because you're going to have to devote a lot of your life to it.

  George Lucas

  Inspirational, Success, Business

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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• Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

  Marva Collins

  Happiness, Success, Suicide

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• The will must be stronger than the skill.

  Muhammad Ali

  Courage, Adversity, Bodybuilding

  Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham (2015). “The Greatest: My Own Story”, p.328, Graymalkin Media

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• Success is that old ABC: ability, breaks and courage.

  Charles Luckman

  Success, Courage, Determination

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• 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.

  James J. Corbett

  Motivational, Sports, Determination

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• The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

  Lucretius

  Motivational, Wisdom, Stay Strong

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