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My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than ...

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For me, those weeks in Boston, with Wilma, became a lesson in her ability to be “of good mind,” in h...

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The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the m...

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I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, a...

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Gustave FlaubertFlaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

Hope: A pathological belief in the occurrence of the impossible.

It is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to i...

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Falling in love was simple; one had only to yield. Digesting another person, however, and sustaining...

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You see, I have come to believe in self-help, individual initiative, the love of what you do, and th...

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Lawrence will go on burying his own undertakers.

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Harold BloomThe Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it throug...

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I study the chessboard and concede defeat."You can gain yourself in five moves" says the Colonel. "W...

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Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

True, luck may rule over parts of a person's life and luck may cast patches of shadow across the gro...

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First, I thought, almost despairing,This must crush my spirit now;Yet I bore it, and am bearing-Only...

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A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.

Do what you love. Know your own bone gnaw at it bury it unearth it and gnaw it still.

Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very ...

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Henry JamesTheory of Fiction: Henry James

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gat...

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Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but...

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the difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other...

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The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs

The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to figh...

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We’re all going to keep fighting, Harry. You know that?

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J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

He did not falter, as long as there was a path that led toward his goal.

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.

Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we ...

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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling and laughing, and that until then I’ll ru...

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs it's just possible you haven't grasp...

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I know now, after fifty years, that the finding/losing, forgetting/remembering, leaving/returning, n...

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Perhaps [he had] persevered for too long, in the face of too many obstacles, his hair proof of his t...

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In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. ... In the real world, all rests on perseve...

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No one can travel so far that he does not make some progess each day. So let us never give up. Then ...

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Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

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John CalvinInstitutes of the Christian Religion

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of...

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I am sore wounded but not slainI will lay me down and bleed a whileAnd then rise up to fight again

Keep passing the open windows.

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck...

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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles ...

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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles va...

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Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.

In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that ...

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Jonah LehrerImagine: How Creativity Works

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor,...

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Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i...

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Be like a postage stamp-stick to one thing until you get there.

To meditate is to sail a course, to navigate, among problems many of which we are in the process of ...

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... that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage en...

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The doing of something productive regardless of the outcome is an act of faith. The doing of a small...

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Julia CameronFinding Water: The Art of Perseverance

A career must be husbanded. Care must be taken. Everyday must bring some small bit of progress. How ...

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Julia CameronFinding Water: The Art of Perseverance

Don’t be afraid to do weird stuff, so long as you do it cheaply and cover everyone’s bets. Be bold. ...

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Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. ...

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You can only kill disappointment with a new try.

If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace.

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L. Frank BaumThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will sub...

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Lance ArmstrongIt's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Though you may hear me holler,And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby,If you gonna see me...

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So since I'm still here livin',I guess I will live on.I could've died for love--But for livin' I was...

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Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautifu...

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Darkness had fallen upon everything for him; but just because of this darkness he felt that the one ...

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I'm trying to ruin it!" Will had bellowed back. "So I can figure out how to do it perfectly! How can...

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Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, "It isn't fair" about everything else.

You go on. You just go on. There's nothing more to it, and there's no trick to make it easier. You j...

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Life is like crossing a river. If you take a huge step-aim for too bigger dreams-then the current wi...

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Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of th...

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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try agai...

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Malcolm XThe Autobiography of Malcolm X

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility...

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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence...

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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence...

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Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.

(Everyday life is like a sack: with holes. And you carry it anyway.)

Maybe not, maybe not. Cheer up, Becky, and let's go on trying.

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Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

You mustn't get so upset about what you feel, Spud. No one's a hundred per cent consistent all the t...

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Few of us would regret the years it takes to complete an education or master a crucial skill. So why...

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Few of us would regret the years it takes to complete an education or master a crucial skill. So why...

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Matthieu RicardHappiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encoun...

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All the things that are worth doing, take time.

The critics only made me work harder.

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Muhammad AliThe Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.

To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.- Jósef Piłsudski

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Neal AschersonWojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the ...

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It always seems impossible until it's done.

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

I would like to thank the people who've brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded, bet...

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Oprah WinfreyThe Best of Oprah's What I Know For Sure

We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination

It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work

If his decision is correct, he will win the battle, even if it lasts longer than expected. If his de...

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Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the cour...

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