#determination

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because. ↗

— E.E. Cummings

#determination

Fall. Stand. Learn. Adapt. ↗

— Mike Norton

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I place my fingers upon these keys typing 2,000 dreams per minute and naked of spirit dance forth my cosmic vortex upon this crucifix called language. ↗

— Aberjhani

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When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. ↗

— Xun Zi

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You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be. ↗

— Wayne W. Dyer

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At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live. ↗

— Howard Thurman

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I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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