Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. Calvin Coolidge

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I cannot be intimidated from doing that which my judgment and conscience tells me is right by any earthly power. Andrew Jackson

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. Napoleon Hill

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln

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Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. Leonardo da Vinci

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action. Michael Hanson

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The trouble for most people is they don’t decide to get wealthy, they just dream about it. Michael Masterson

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To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success. Anna Pavlova

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Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur

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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. Harper Lee

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A determinate purpose in life and a steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages are indispensable conditions of success. William Punshon

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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. William Feather

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The successful man lengthens his stride when he discovers that the signpost has deceived him; the failure looks for a place to sit down. J. R. Rogers

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We do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts. Françoise de Maintenon

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I find in life that most affairs that require serious handling are distasteful. For this reason, I have always believed that the successful man has the hardest battle with himself rather than with the other fellow. To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When this battle is won for all time, then everything is easy. Thomas Buckner

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Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Ray Kroc

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There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. Ella Wilcox

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He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. Benjamin Franklin

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I have brought myself by long meditation to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will that will state even existence for its fulfillment. Benjamin Disraeli

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In most domains, talent is overrated compared to determination — partly because it makes a better story, partly because it gives onlookers an excuse for being lazy, and partly because after a while determination starts to look like talent. Paul Graham

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You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. George Horace Lorimer

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The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men—between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant—is energy, invincible determination—a purpose once fixed, and then—death or victory! That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it. Thomas Fowell Buxton

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Goal-oriented people exist in a state of nearly continuous failure that they hope will be temporary. That feeling wears on you. In time, it becomes heavy and uncomfortable. It might even drive you out of the game. Scott Adams

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