I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world into defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepperd. I am lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist until I succeed.

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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. — Nelson Mandela

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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

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The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

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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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Unsuccessful people make their decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make their decisions based on where they want to be. ― Benjamin Hardy

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The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. -James Buchanan

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