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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
-African Proverb
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Don't halt before you are lame.
-English Proverb
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Hang in there. Hang in there because the greatest quarterbacks complete only six of 10 passes. The best basketball players make only 50% of their shots. The top oil companies, with all their geologists, drill 10 dry holes for every wet one. And even the most successful actors flunk 29 auditions for television commercials before they land one. So, HANG IN THERE.
-Anon.
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The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
-Proverb
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Never say die.
-Proverb
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No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.
-Charles Francis Adams
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Persevere and get it done.
-George Allen
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One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.
-George Allen
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People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
-George E. Allen
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Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
-Julie Andrews
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
-Henry Ward Beecher
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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
-Alexander Graham Bell
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If someone takes your coat, give him your cloak as well; if he makes you go a mile with him, go with him two. Mathew
-Bible
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For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. Proverbs 24:16
-Bible
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For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. Hebrews 10:36
-Bible
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Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:4
-Bible
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A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves a glorious success.
-Ambrose Bierce
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Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
-Josh Billings
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My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
-Bjorn Borg
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Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
-Hal Borland
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Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.
-Nelson Boswell
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
-Christian Nevell Bovee
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Never give up. Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal.
-Tom Bradley
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Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.
-Madeline Bridges
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When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.
-Les Brown
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Books about Persistence
