The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut ― Albert Einstein

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It is your determination and persistence that will make you a successful person. - Kenneth J Hutchins

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When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.

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Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. - Bruce Lee

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Press on – nothing 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. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge

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You’re probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm. - Larry Page (Google)

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Nothing in the 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. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. —Calvin Coolidge

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There is a price to pay for success, there is also a price to pay for failure. The question is, what price are you willing to pay? ― Fela Bank-Olemoh

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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense. - Ida B. Wells

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