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All right mister, let me tell you that winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.
Sep 10, 2025
Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.
Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.
Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
There is nothing in life so difficult that it cannot be overcome. This faith can move mountains. It can change people. It can change the world. You can survive all the great storms in your life
What I love about the East End is that theres a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!
You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.
What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
All great achievements require time.
The harder I work the more I live.
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.