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decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until
it comes.

—Thomas Edison, inventor

I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life—and I’ve never let it
keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

—Georgia O’Keeffe, artist

Persistence. It’s that certain little spirit that compels you to continue just when
you’re at your most tired. It’s that quality that forces you to persevere, find the
route around the stone wall. It’s the immovable stubbornness that will not allow
you to cave in when everyone says give up.

—Estée Lauder, cofounder of Estée Lauder Companies

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad
luck—who keeps right on going—is the man who is there when the good luck
comes—and is ready to receive it.

—Robert Collier, self-help author