#persistence

Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#fire #hope #inspirational #persistence #attitude

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. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Listen, Stephen King used to write in the washroom of his trailer after his kids went to sleep. Harlan Ellison wrote in the stall of a bathroom of his barracks during boot camp. Elmore Leonard got up at 5 AM every morning to write before work. Every time my alarm goes off at 5 AM and I don’t want to get up, or I would rather sit down after work and play a videogame, I think about those guys. Take care of your family. They need you and love you. Make time for them. Then stop screwing around and finish your damn book. ↗

— Bernard Schaffer

#writing #family

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

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Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. ↗

— William Eardley IV

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As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

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This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

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I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off. ↗

— David Steinberg

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