#severance

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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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed. ↗

— Sophocles

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Every pain is a lesson. ↗

— Frank Delaney

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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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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. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse. ↗

— Mark Twain

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The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. ↗

— I.F. Stone

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