Nothing in this 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 will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. — Calvin Coolidge

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Use your past successes as a trampoline, not an easy chair. ― H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. – Henry Ford

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Fun is one of the most important - and underrated - ingredients in any successful venture. If you're not having fun, then it's probably time to call it quits and try something else.- Richard Branson

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To be haunted by past failures or satisfied with past successes is to arrest forward motion. ― Conrad Hilton

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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. ― Dale Carnegie

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You have to practice success. Success doesn't just show up. If you aren't practicing success today, you won't wake up in 20 years and be successful, because you won't have developed the habits of success, which are small things like finishing what you start, putting a lot of effort into everything you do, being on time, treating people well.

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Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.

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Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. — John Wooden

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I can be vilified. I can be misunderstood. I didn't come here to be liked. I came here to make a difference. ― Kanye West

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