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Persistence Quotes
"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."
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Samuel Johnson
"Persist, pivot, or concede. It’s up to us, our choice every time."
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Matthew McConaughey
"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."
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Vincent Van Gogh
"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."
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Napoleon Bonaparte
"Just keep moving forward, and don’t give a shit about what anyone thinks. Do what you have to do, for you."
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Johnny Depp
"There’s a drive in me that won’t allow me to do certain things that are easy."
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Johnny Depp
"One day the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you."
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Johnny Depp
"The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your "
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Will Smith
"I never viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working."
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Will Smith
"We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details."
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Jeff Bezos
"Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood. You do something that you genuinely believe in, that you have conviction about, but for a long period of time, well-meaning people may criticize that effort. When you receive criticism from we"
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Jeff Bezos
"To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable."
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Jeff Bezos
"If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon."
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Jeff Bezos
"Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way."
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Les Brown
"Without a solid, realistic and detailed plan, the goal is nothing more than a pipe dream. And without the commitment to follow through on that plan and put forth the necessary effort, the dream is nothing more than a good intention."
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Les Brown
"I haven't always been successful, but I've always had hope. I've always known that if I kept plugging away and doing my best, I'd be successful."
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Les Brown
"Once you have committed to something and achieved it, you experience self-fulfillment - the feeling of success and empowerment."
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Les Brown
"When you decide to move your life to the next level of accomplishment, you must fasten you mental and spiritual seat belts because it is going to be a while before you reach that comfortable level again."
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Les Brown
"There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win."
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Les Brown
"The most successful people in life get that way by putting passion and commitment into their work."
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Les Brown
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