Don’t give up

When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you, ’til it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that’s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Persistence and determination

Nothing in this 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 will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Calvin Coolidge

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An ongoing path

Achieving your vision doesn’t mean you’ve reached the end of the line. It simply means that you’ve come to a new starting place.

N. Qubein

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Discipline is worth it!

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

Jim Rohn

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A small price to pay

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.

Meister Eckhart

Do you want it?

Once again i hear of somebody who is going to settle down and do their work, painting or writing or whatever, as soon as they get a better light installed, or as soon as they move to a new city, or as soon as they come back from the trip they have been planning, or as soon as…

It’s simple: they just don’t want to do it, or they can’t do it, otherwise they’d feel a burning itch from hell they could not ignore and “soon” would turn quickly into “now”

Becoming genius

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas Edison

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A man of value

Try not to become a man of succees but rather try to become a man of value.

Albert Einstein

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Why did you start?

When you feel like quitting think about why you started.

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Growing stronger

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Dolly Parton

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