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| A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. | | Elbert Hubbard | |
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| Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing. | | Seneca | |
| Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have. | | Woodrow T. Wilson | |
| God is with those who persevere | | Quran | |
| Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance | | Samuel Johnson | |
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| Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually seem to have comic touches to the victim. Happiness probably consists largely in the capacity to detect and relish them. | | Henry Louis Mencken | |
| I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. | | John D. Rockefeller | |
| I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive. | | Elizabeth Taylor | |
| In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on. | | Robert Frost | |
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| It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married. | | Robert Frost | |
| Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak | | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. | | Ambrose Bierce | |
| Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all men who would mount, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd | | Benjamin Disraeli | |
| Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. | | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | |
| Perseverance is a principle that should be commendable in those who have judgment to govern it | | Mark Twain | |