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We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.

Men perish because they cannot join the beginning with the end.

There are two parts to the creative endeavor: making something then disseminating it.

Four steps to achievement: plan purposefully prepare prayerfully proceed positively pursue persistently.

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.

We rate ability in men by what they finish not by what they begin.

All is well that ends well.

Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and if you know anything about their careers you will be struck by the fact that almost every one of them encountered inordinate difficulties sufficient to crush all but the gamest of spirits. Edison went hungry many times before he became famous.

Let no one 'til his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work Until the day's out and the labor done: Then bring your gauges.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm in the real world all rests on perseverance.

He that has cut the claws of the lion will not feel quite secure until he has also drawn his teeth.

The only way to the top is by persistent intelligent hard work.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate you are sure to wake up somebody.

It's the plugging away that will win you the day So don't be a piker old pard! Just draw on your grit it's so easy to quit- It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

Great is the art of beginning but greater is the art of ending.

If you wish success in life make perseverance your bosom friend.

Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled have persevered when others gave up in despair have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial industry and singleness of purpose. As a result they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.

I'm hardnosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter and then one day somebody gives you a job you can say "Gee I was lucky I happened to go up there today." But dammit I was going to go up there sooner or later in the next seventy years. ... If you're persistent in trying and doing and working you almost make your own fortune.