#severance

Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#perseverance

The Qur'an does not ask for human perfection, but rather asks that we persevere in striving for self-improvement and that we never become complacent (2: 197; 5:2; 7:26) or despondent (15:56; 39:53; 15:55) about our progress. ↗

— Jeffrey Lang

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Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent. ↗

— William Cobbett

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Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

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I was never specifically associated with a part, I didn't have tons of money, I wasn't conventionally tall or handsome, so you know the things that were available to me were hard work and perseverance. ↗

— Seth Green

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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. ↗

— Robert Benchley

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Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

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