"All great achievements require time."

Schwartz, David J. on perseverance
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"You just can't beat the person who never gives up."

Ruth, Babe on perseverance
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"A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits."

Nixon, Richard M. on perseverance
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"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."

Palmer, Arnold on perseverance   

"The darkest hour is just before the dawn."

Proverb on perseverance
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"If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime."

Robbins, Anthony on perseverance   

"How long should you try? Until."

Rohn, Jim on perseverance
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"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."

Ruth, Babe on perseverance
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"Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters."

Hugo, Victor on adversity
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"Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is."

Kempis, Thomas on adversity
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"All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today."

Ransom, Ralph on adversity
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"Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on."

Maltz, Maxwell on self-esteem
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"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."

Gracian, Baltasar on self-esteem
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"The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves."

Hazlitt, William on self-esteem   

"Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have."

Mortman, Doris on self-esteem
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"Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it's the one they will most need to know."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on endurance
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"Success is 99 percent failure."

Honda, Soichiro on failure
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"The man who tries to do something and fails is infinitely better than he who tries to do nothing and succeeds."

Jones, Lloyd on failure
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"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail."

Kettering, Charles F. on failure   

"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere."

Kettering, Charles F. on failure
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"Anyone seen on a bus after age thirty has been a failure in life."

Loelia, Duchess on failure   

"Sometimes the best gain is to lose."

Herbert, George on failure
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"The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving."

Goizueta, Roberto on failure
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"Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction."

Givens, Charles J. on failure
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"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

Edison, Thomas A. on failure
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"To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself."

Crawford, Francis on failure   

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"You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there."

Cole, Edwin Louis on failure
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"A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed -- I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself."

Clemenceau, Georges on failure
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"The only people who never fail are those who never try."

Chase, Ilka on failure
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"He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great."

Melville, Herman on failure
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"Failure is not an option."

Movie, Apollo 13 on failure
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"The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success."

Yogananda, Paramahansa on failure   

"Many men fail because they quit too soon. They lose faith when the signs are against them. They do not have the courage to hold on, to keep fighting in spite of that which seems insurmountable. If more of us would strike out and attempt the impossible, we very soon would find the truth of that old saying that nothing is impossible... abolish fear and you can accomplish anything you wish."

Welch, Dr. C. E. on failure   

"Success is the proper utilization of failure."

Unknown, Source on failure
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"A hard fall means a high bounce... if you're made of the right material."

Unknown, Source on failure
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"From time to time, life as a leader can look hopeless. To help you, consider a man who lived through this: Failed in business at age 31. Defeated for the legislature at 32. Again failed in business at 34. Sweetheart died at 35. Had a nervous breakdown at 36. Defeated in election at 38. Defeated for Congress at 43. Defeated for Congress at 46. Defeated for Congress at 48. Defeated for Senate at 55. Defeated for Vice President at 56. Defeated for Senate at 58. Elected President at age 60. This man was Abraham Lincoln."

Unknown, Source on failure
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"It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going."

Tracy, Brian on failure
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"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."

Sophocles on failure
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"If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless."

Schuller, Robert H. on failure   

"Failures are divided into two classes -- those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought."

Salak, John Charles on failure
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