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Perseverance
«O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient armies of Greece, combined to conquer the city of Troy - all that, and ten years of perseverance»
Author: Hipponax the Satirist
| About:
Conquest,
Courage,
Leadership,
Perseverance
| Keywords:
armies, brilliant, combined, Greece, The City, Troy
«Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.»
Author: John Quincy Adams
(President)
| About:
Perseverance
| Keywords:
difficulties, disappear, effect, magical, Obstacles, perseverance, vanish
«Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.»
Author: Michael Jordan
(Basketball Player)
| About:
Goals,
Obstacles,
Perseverance
| Keywords:
climb, figure, figure out, go through, run around, run into, turn around, wall
«Paralyze resistance with persistence»
Author: Woody Hayes
(Football coach)
| About:
Perseverance
| Keywords:
paralyze, paralyzes, paralyzing, persistence, resistance
«Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
(Essayist, Historian)
| About:
Determination,
Perseverance,
Persistence,
Soul
| Keywords:
discouragement, distinguishes, impossibilities, Obstacles, permanence, perseverance, persistence, spite
«Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all men who would mount, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
| About:
Perseverance,
Tact
| Keywords:
most-valuable, mount, tact, The Crowd
«Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Perseverance
| Keywords:
achieves, inglorious, lowliest, perseverance, whereby
«Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.»
Author: Lao Tzu
(Philosopher)
| About:
Perseverance,
Success,
Trying
| Keywords:
agreement, coming together, furtherance, in agreement, perseverance, sublimity, succeeding, The Coming, The Foundation
