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Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.
Usain Bolt
Anxiety will not bring you success; preparation and dedication are the keys to victory. Put in the effort, show up ready to give your all, and trust that the outcome will be as it should.
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By doing things when you are too tired, by pushing yourself farther than you thought you could - like running the track after a two-hour practice - you become a competitor. Each time you go beyond your perceived limit, you become mentally stronger.
Pat Summitt
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There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into a situation in which you are not as talented as the person next to you. That's when being a competitor can make a difference in your fortunes.
Pat Summitt
4.
Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self criticism.
Albert Einstein
Achievement arises from inquisitiveness, focus, tenacity and introspection.
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The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. Wishing you a great journey.
Kalpana Chawla
'The road from aspirations to accomplishment exists. May you have the insight to discover it, the boldness to embark on it, and the tenacity to traverse it. Offering you a remarkable voyage.'
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
George Bernard Shaw
'Those who question the possibility of a task should not impede those in the process of achieving it.'
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.
Indira Gandhi
Success must be earned through dedicated effort and bravery.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B. F. Skinner
'A defeat is not necessarily a blunder, it could just be the most that can be achieved in the conditions. The genuine misstep is to relinquish striving.'
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Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.
Misty Copeland
Accomplishment is not simple and I hold that diligence, tenacity, and being willing to contribute are much more potent than trampling over others to reach the summit.
10.
Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
Haile Selassie
Creativity, dedication, tenacity, coupled with heavenly aid, will guarantee your triumph.
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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
John Bunyan
Do something selfless for someone unappreciative.
12.
Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
William Arthur Ward
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Crush your individuality first. Shake off the dreams of personal comfort. Then start to work. Inch by inch you shall have to proceed. It needs courage, perseverance and very strong determination. No difficulties and no hardships shall discourage you. No failure and betrayals shall dishearten you. No travails (!) imposed upon you shall snuff out the revolutionary will in you. Through the ordeal of sufferings and sacrifice you shall come out victorious. And these individual victories shall be the valuable assets of the revolution.
Bhagat Singh
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Even if you don't see the results of your planting, just keep Planting your Love. Your Patience. Your Perseverance. Your Faith.
Bo Sanchez
Even if you don't perceive the fruits of your labor, keep Cultivating your Love. Your Resilience. Your Determination. Your Belief.
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Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.
Swami Vivekananda
Equanimity, fortitude and tenacity are the three requisites to triumph and paramount of all affection.
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In life, it's not the genetic guy who wins or the guy with the most potential who wins; it's the person with the greatest perseverance who wins. Always be willing to get up and go at it again and again. That's the guy who has his hands raised later in life. That's the guy you guys need to be.
Greg Plitt
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Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.
St. Catherine of Siena
Accomplishing remarkable feats necessitates dogged perseverance.
18.
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
Marie Curie
We must demonstrate determination and most importantly faith in ourselves.
19.
What worries you, masters you.
John Locke
'Anxiety subjugates.'
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Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.
Sri Aurobindo
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Character, courage, industry and perseverance are the four pillars on which the whole edifice of human life can be built and failure is a word unknown to me.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Resolve, bravery, diligence and tenacity are the four cornerstones upon which all human existence can be constructed and defeat is a concept unfamiliar to me.
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Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
Dorothy Height
Triumph is not assessed by what a person achieves, but by the impediments he or she has triumphed over to realize their aspirations.
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I encourage all of you to find strength within yourself, no matter what. Be proud of who you are and never let anyone or anything take that away from you. Inner Strength is something that we are all born with. However, I've learned that it requires patience and perseverance to fully achieve it. I promise you, though, that as long as you know in your heart who you are and what you want from this world, nothing is gonna stop you.
Andy Biersack
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No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
Ramana Maharshi
No one attains success without exertion... Those who are triumphant owe their victory to tenacity.
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Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work on the things necessary to go to a higher level. When people ask me how to raise their level of performance, the first thing I ask is, How important is it to you?
Dan Gable
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God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and constancy, which helps us to overcome difficulties.
Vincent de Paul
God enables us to cultivate the practice of two admirable qualities: tenacity, which steers us towards success, and steadfastness, which assists us in overcoming obstacles.
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Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.
Marva Collins
Resolution and tenacity propel progress; supposing that somebody else will handle it is an assured route to disappointment.
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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
Thomas Aquinas
Supplicate, O Lord my God, a consciousness to understand you, a soul to pursue you, insight to locate you, behavior agreeable to you, unwavering persistence in awaiting for you, and an assurance of ultimately embracing you. Amen.
30.
You just keep pushing.
You just keep pushing.
I made every mistake that could be made.
But I just kept pushing.
Rene Descartes
Continue striving. You make missteps, yet you remain determined.
31.
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.
Alexander Graham Bell
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'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.
Wilma Rudolph
"I have never entertained the notion of impossibility; I am confident in my own potential beyond any doubt."
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Our mountains will always be, our rivers will always be, our people will always be, The American invaders defeated, we will rebuild our land ten times more beautiful.
Ho Chi Minh
'Our peaks will remain, our streams will persist, our citizens will endure, The foreign conquerors vanquished, we shall reconstruct our terrain tenfold more magnificent.'
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If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.
William J. Clinton
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Here is the great secret of success. Work with all your might; but trust not in the least in your work. Pray with all your might for the blessing of God; but work, at the same time, with all diligence, with all patience, with all perseverance. Pray then, and work. Work and pray. And still again pray, and then work. And so on all the days of your life. The result will surely be, abundant blessing. Whether you see much fruit or little fruit, such kind of service will be blessed.
George Muller
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I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.
Morgan Freeman
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Milton Berle is an inspiration to every young person that wants to get into show business. Hard work, perseverance, and discipline: all the things you need...when you have no talent.
Dean Martin
Milton Berle serves as a paragon for all aspiring entertainers. Dedication, tenacity, and self-control: everything required...when natural aptitude is lacking.
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For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.
Vincent Van Gogh
Significant accomplishments do not simply arise from whim but are the result of a chain of minor actions connected together.
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It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down
Carl Brashear
'It's not a fault to stumble; it is an error to remain on the ground.'
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Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower you cannot buy with money or be given by others... it rises from your heart.
Junko Tabei
Perseverance and determination are paramount for success; these qualities can't be obtained through wealth or assistance, but must come from within.
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Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude and perseverance. Let us remember that "if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom," it is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event.
Samuel Adams
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Physical strength (hard work), mental strength (perseverance) and spiritual strength (love & acceptance) are the keys to continuous growth.
Rickson Gracie
'Enduring fortitude (determination), intellectual vigor (persistence) and emotional tenacity (tolerance & acceptance) are the foundations of perpetual development.'
44.
If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
Emile Zola
I came to live audaciously.
45.
Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.
Gillian Anderson
Just recall, you can accomplish whatever you resolve to do, but it necessitates taking steps, determination, and confronting your apprehensions.
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By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Charles Spurgeon
The snail's tenacity brought it to the ark.
47.
The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it. . .
Barack Obama
The true measure is not whether you evade disappointment, because it is inevitable. It's if you let it make you inactive or if you gain knowledge from it.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
Abigail Adams