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"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough." Hoshang N. Akhtar 4.1282 average rating Rate this Quote
"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough." John Christian Bovee 4.5000 average rating Rate this Quote
"A lively, disinterested, persistent looking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt." Henri-Frédéric Amiel 4.6667 average rating Rate this Quote
"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done." Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi 4.7143 average rating Rate this Quote
"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person." Dr. David M. Burns 4.5211 average rating Rate this Quote
"All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any." Carl Lotus Becker 4.8333 average rating Rate this Quote
"Although rumors persist to the contrary, there were no deaths while making the movie Ben Hur." Deane Jordan Rate this Quote
"An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men." Dr. Thomas Fuller 4.7778 average rating Rate this Quote
"Energy and persistence conquer all thing." Benjamin Franklin 4.6897 average rating Rate this Quote
"Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory." Herbert Kaufman 4.8000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Habits...the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction...You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction." Juliene Berk 4.6000 average rating Rate this Quote
"I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader." Stephen R. Covey 4.6923 average rating Rate this Quote
"I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time..." Charles Dickens 4.6923 average rating Rate this Quote
"I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.... I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking." Og Mandino 4.7895 average rating Rate this Quote
"I'm hard-nosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah, if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter, and then one day somebody gives you a job, you can say, Gee, I was lucky I happened to go up there today. But, dammit, I was going to go up there sooner or later in the next seventy years. If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost make your own fortune." Jerry Della Femina 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, "Here comes number seventy-one!" Richard M. Devos 4.8214 average rating Rate this Quote
"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." Dr. Samuel Johnson 4.3333 average rating Rate this Quote
"It seems to me we can never give up longing And wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, And we must hunger after them." George Eliot 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Never give up on anybody." Hubert H. Humphrey 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Never give up. If you want to be something, be conceited about it, give yourself a chance. Never say you are not good, that will never get you anywhere. Set goals, That's what life is made of." Mike McLaren 4.7727 average rating Rate this Quote
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Albert Einstein Anthony J. D'Angelo Benjamin Franklin
Carl Lotus Becker Charles Dickens Deane Jordan
Deciderius Erasmus Dr. David M. Burns Dr. Joyce
Dr. Samuel Johnson Dr. Thomas Fuller Edward Eggleston
F(rancis) Scott George Eliot George S. Clason
Hannah Arendt Henri-Frédéric Amiel Herbert Kaufman
Hoshang N. Akhtar Hubert H. Humphrey Jerry Della Femina
John Christian Bovee John Fitzgerald Kennedy Juliene Berk
Marabel Morgan Mike McLaren Napolean Hill
Og Mandino Richard M. Devos Robert Anson Heinlein
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Sir Thomas Bowell Buxton Stephen R. Covey
Tommy Lasorda Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi (John) Calvin Coolidge





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