#severance

Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring. ↗

— St. Catherine of Siena

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Being alive is sign of strength! ↗

— Hiro Mashima

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Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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He who can have patience can have what he will. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still. ↗

— Criss Jami

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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 alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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Women are never so strong as after their defeat. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

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To reach a port we must set sail – Sail, not tie at anchor Sail, not drift. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark. ↗

— Giovanni Boccaccio

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You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more." ("The Castle") ↗

— Michael Connelly

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