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perseverance

«Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.»
«Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.»
«Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.»
«Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other»
Author: Walter Elliot | About: Perseverance | Keywords: perseverance, race, races, short
«Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.»
Author: William Godwin | Keywords: operate, perseverance
«Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.»
«Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.»
«The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.»
«Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.»
«Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: finish, lacking, mature, perseverance