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Perseverance, 3
Founding Mothers: Women Who Raised Our Nation
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. ~ Julie Andrews Paralyze resistance with persistence. ~ Woody Hayes
If you are going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill It is not enough to begin; continuance is necessary. Mere enrollment will not make one a scholar; the pupil must continue in the school through the long course, until he masters every branch. Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance. ~ James Russell Miller Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. ~ Louis Pasteur It ’s not that I ’m so smart, it ’s just that I stay with my problems longer. ~ Albert Einstein In case of doubt, push on just a little further and then keep on pushing. ~ George Patton Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald Miracles can be made, but only by sweating. ~ Giovanni Agnelli, IBD, 1/10/05 Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. ~ Thomas Carlyle You can never give up--athletics taught me that. You must work hard, prepare, learn from your losses and continue to fight until the very end. ~ Roger Staubach, Success, Mar/April 2007
"By perseverance the snail reached the ark." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon