If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''. -Richard M. Devos

 

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''.


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If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.

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The riches of life, the love and joy and exhilaration of life can be found only with an upward look. This is an exciting world. It's cram-packed with opportunity. Great moments wait around every corner.

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Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.

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Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. And you can do it when things are tough.

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If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

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