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You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all. (Bierce Ambrose)
Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. (Bierce Ambrose)
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories. (Bierce Ambrose)
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us. (Bierce Ambrose)
Never give up. Keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal. (Bierce Ambrose)
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up. (Bierce Ambrose)
A jug fills drop by drop. (Bierce Ambrose)
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. (Bierce Ambrose)
With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. (Bierce Ambrose)
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. (Bierce Ambrose)
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all. (Bierce Ambrose)
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible. (Bierce Ambrose)
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. (Bierce Ambrose)
Never, never, never, never give up. (Bierce Ambrose)
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves. (Bierce Ambrose)
Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way. (Bierce Ambrose)
Nothing in the 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. (Bierce Ambrose)
You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round. (Bierce Ambrose)
Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard. (Bierce Ambrose)
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! (Bierce Ambrose)
Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit. (Bierce Ambrose)
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