#severance

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. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#counsel #despair #determination #diligence #few

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#become #individual #individual men #industry #men

Who of us is able to read and understand and be entirely confident of the validity of his title to the land he lives on, and which he has redeemed from a state of nature by the most indefatigable industry and perseverance? ↗

— William H. Wharton

#confident #entirely #his #indefatigable #industry

Some lean back. But those who lean forward are poised to cross the finish-line, first! ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#goals #perseverance #quotes #winning #death

So, how is it that you don’t have a girlfriend?” I asked boldly. Joel shrugged. “Have you ever had a girlfriend?” There was no way that he’d never had a girlfriend. He shrugged again. “You’re not serious.” “You’re surprised?” “I’m sorry, do you own a mirror?” Joel laughed in that I’ll-never-understand-women kind of way. “I’ve never wanted one,” he admitted, though it seemed that there was more to it. “What? A mirror? Or a girlfriend?” He laughed again, even harder this time. “A girlfriend.” “Are you gay?” He smiled. “No, I’m not gay.” “Oh.” I blushed. Why was I being so nosy all of a sudden? ↗

— Shawn Kirsten Maravel

#romance #severance #volition #young-adult #love

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#comes #difference #obstinacy #other #perseverance

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. ↗

— Walter Elliot

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Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#dedication #football #hard #hard work #life

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. ↗

— Ramana Maharshi

#owe #perseverance #succeed #succeeds #success

A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more. ↗

— Jayne Mansfield

#coffee #cup #get #lot #more