Japanese Proverb
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
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Persius
“He conquers who endures.”
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Robert Louis Stevenson
“Saints are sinners who kept on going.”
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Robert Schuller
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”
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Edward Eggleston
“Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.”
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Author Unknown
“You know you’re on the right road if it is uphill”
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Virgil
“Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.”
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George F. Kennan
“Heroism is endurance for one moment more.”
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Author Unknown
"Those who endure conquer."
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Thomas Carlyle
“Endurance is patience concentrated.”
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Virgil
“Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.”
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Marvin Phillips
“Triumph - just try with a little umph”
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André A. Jackson
“Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer.”
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Robert Schuller
“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
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Author Unknown
“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places.”
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Albert Einstein
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
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Confucius
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."
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George Halas
"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it."
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Tony Robbins
“Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.”
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Author Unknown
“When the world says, give up, hope whispers, try it one more time."
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Buddhist proverb
“The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.”
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Terry Josephson
“The more you prepare, the luckier you appear.”
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Hannibal
“We will either find a way or make one.”
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Samuel Johnson
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
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Author Unknown
“The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds."
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.”
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Thomas Foxwell Buxton
“With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.”
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Author Unknown
“Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
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Author Unknown
“I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.”
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Abraham Lincoln
“Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way."
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Author Unknown
“There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.”
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Psalm 37:5
“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.”
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Author Unknown
“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.”
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Author Unknown
“If there is nothing in your life you would die for then there is nothing you would live for.”
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Arthur C. Clarke
“The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible.”
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Thomas Alva Edison
“I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”
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Ecclesiastes 9:11
“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.”
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Author Unknown
“If there is nothing in your life you would die for then there is nothing you would live or.”
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John Christian Bovee
“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.”
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Roger Bannister
“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.”
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Tommy Lasorda
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.”
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Maureen Dowd
"The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for."
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Vivian Baxter
"Life is going to give you just what you put into it. Put your whole heart in everything you do."
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Ann Landers
"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them."
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Clare Boothe Luce
"There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them."
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Norman Vincent Peale
"Nothing of great value in life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard.”
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Napoleon Bonaparte
“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.”
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Ecclesiastes 9:11
“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong…”
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Author Unknown
“Commitment is the ability to carry out a worthy decision even when the excitement of making that decision has passed.”
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Romans 2:7
“To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life.”
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Randal Wright
“Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.”
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Author Unknown
“We must carry out and finish everything that we start. Every undone or unfinished task becomes an obstacle to our progress.”
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Ronald Reagan
“A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.”
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Deuteronomy 6:5
“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
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Zig Ziglar
"Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You're the only one who can do it permanently."
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Author Unknown
“Commitment is the ability to carry out a worthy decision even when the excitement of making that decision has passed.”
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Robert Hughes
“A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.”
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Channing Pollock
“The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.”
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Charles De Gaulle
“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great mean, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.”
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Sir William Osler
“To know just what has to be done, then to do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.”
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William Somerset Maugham
“It’s a very funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”
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Robert Brault
“As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent - that it does not have to be recognized by others.”
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Og Mandino
"So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win."
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Matthew 6:33
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
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Estee Lauder
"When I thought I couldn't go on, I forced myself to keep going. My success is based on persistence, not luck."
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George E. Allen
"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."
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Lloyd Jones
"The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed."
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Author Unknown
"No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
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Longfellow
"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."
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Eddie Robinson
"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."
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H. Jackson Brown
"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins- not through strength but by perseverance."
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Joel 2:12
“Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning…”
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Harry S. Truman
"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."
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William James
“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.”
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Author Unknown
“Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.”
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Henry Ward Beecher
“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”
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Josh Billings
“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”
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Newt Gingrich
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
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Matthew 7:24
“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock…”
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Author Unknown
“You can't go through life quitting everything. If you're going to achieve anything, you've got to stick with something.”
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Mark 12:30
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”
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Ronald Reagan
“A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must be undaunted when the going gets tough.”
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Conrad Hilton
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit.”
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Edward B. Butler
“One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another has it for 30 days, but is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.”
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Mary Pickford
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not falling down, but staying down.”
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Don Quixote
“One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this.”
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Author Unknown
"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes."
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Lance Armstrong
"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."
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Marvin J. Ashton
“Enduring, or carrying on, is not just a matter of tolerating circumstances and hanging in there, but of pressing forward.”
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Matthew 10:22
“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.”
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Vince Lombardi
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
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Mario Andretti
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”
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Brian Tracy
"Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else."
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
“I believe that perseverance is vital to success in any endeavor, whether spiritual or temporal, large or small, public or personal. . . . All significant achievement results largely from perseverance.”
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Deuteronomy 10:12
“And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul…”
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Einstein, Albert
"I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas."
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Samuel Johnson
“If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”
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A. Lou Vickery
"Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more."
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Author Unknown
“Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.”
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Alexander Graham Bell
“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
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Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
“The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, its energy - invincible determination - a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.”
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John C. Maxwell
"Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance."
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Thomas D. Willhite
"Unlimited power is available to those men and women who have the wisdom and determination to submerge individual personalities and individual interests through the blending of their minds in harmony towards a specific purpose."
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Hebrews 12:1
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”
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G.B. Shaw
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.”
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Vince Lombardi
"But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, his greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."
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Nancy Kerrigan
"Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get too confident."
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Deuteronomy 26:16
“This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.”
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Dale Carnegie
“Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”
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Charles F. Kettering
“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.”
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Earl Nightingale
“Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”
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Jacob Riis
“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it - but all that had gone before.”
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Joshua 24:15
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
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John Calvin Coolidge
“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 alone 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.”
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James Corbett
“Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round - remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.”
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Theodore Roosevelt
"It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
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