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“Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.”
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
“Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity .”
“A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.”
“God helps those who persevere.”
“The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”
“The truth of the matter is that there's nothing you can't accomplish if: (1) You clearly decide what it is that you're absolutely committed to achieving, (2) You're willing to take massive action, (3) You notice what's working or not, and (4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way.”
“Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up.”
“Many a one has succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat, he would never have known any great victory.”
“Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
“Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”
“We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.”
“Little strokes fell great oaks.”
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
“I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.”
“The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given - all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others.”
“The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”
“Never say goodbye when you still want to try. Never give up when you still feel you can take it. Never say you don't love a person when you can't let go.”
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”
“The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful.”
“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.”
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
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