The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.
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The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations ... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
The best way out is always through.
Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round - remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.
Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.
I will either find a way or make one.
Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
If you go out and make some things happen, you will fill the world with hope.
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