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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.
Attitude, humor and action (persistence) will whip fears and rejection. Fear of failure doesn't exist, if you believe it doesn't.
Life is just the same as learning to swim. Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!
Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when he's tired.
Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Persistence is self-discipline in action.
You have to have the will not to jump at the first solution, because the really elegant solution might be right around the corner.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
There's no such thing as a lost cause, or a dead end. Through persistence, attitude, and creativity, there's always an escape route.
Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.
I was brought up on a farm, and I've learned that every opportunity that I've had in my life has come from hard work and persistence.
In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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.
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.
Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection.
It is the persistence of dance in helping people to resist, reduce, and escape stress since early humanity that attests to its efficacy.
The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.
When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.
One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.
It's easy .... it's a mind that is open to everything, yet attaches to nothing ... it's called freedom that's what it is, plain and simple!
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
Straight white males: that's the predominant moviegoing category, and the persistence of that is a dismaying maintenance of the status quo.
Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do
By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist.
I don't think I'm stubborn. I just focus on the task at hand and do what it takes. Persistence is the single most important thing for success.
I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk.
After a lifetime of swimming upstream, I am convinced that one of the real secrets to Wal-mart's phenomenal success has been that very tendency.
You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear, and keep going.
Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience.
Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.
Extreme patience and persistence are required, Yet everybody succeeds at this before being handed The surprise box lunch of the rest of his life.
Nobody automatically believes in your dream. Nobody! You have to turn it into reality through your own sheer grit, bullheadedness and persistence.
With some basic skills, ambition and persistence, then there is little limit to what you can achieve, and by trying you can often surprise yourself.
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.
I believe persistence is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment!
You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter.
With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on.
Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.
Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence - natural ability notwithstanding.
I guess my mantra is you have to work really hard if you want something. You have to be committed to hard work and persistence even when it gets tough.
"Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.
Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.
We live in a world where economic positions - income and wealth - are very unevenly distributed, and this leads to the widespread persistence of poverty.
There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze.
The persistence of erroneous beliefs exacerbates the widespread anachronistic failure to recognize the urgent problems that face humanity on this planet.
Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.
The conditions that direct the order of . . . the living world . . . are marked by their persistence in improving the birthright of successive generations.
When you collect bad loans... you sure learn a lot about making good ones. You also learn a lot about the power of persuasion, persistence and desperation.
The future of the world depends on the full restoration of the Sacred Feminine in all its tenderness, passion, divine ferocity, and surrendered persistence.
Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.