"Tenacious people don't rely on luck, fate,..." - Quote by John C Maxwell
Tenacious people don't rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.
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“As negative thoughts produce negative actions, so positive thoughts produce positive actions.”
“Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.”
“Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency.”
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“I am less affected by their heroism who stood up for half an hour in the front line at Buena Vista, than by the steady and cheerful valor of the men who inhabit the snow-plow for their winter quarters; who have not merely the three-o'-clock-in-the-morning courage, which Bonaparte thought was the rarest, but whose courage does not go to rest so early, who go to sleep only when the storm sleeps or the sinews of their iron steed are frozen.”
“We seldom break a leg as long as we are climbing wearily upwards in our lives, instead we do it when we start going easy on ourselves and choosing the comfortable paths.”
“No matter if the path is tough, and your nights are long,So long as your cause is noble and your mind is strong.”
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“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”
“As soon as we climb higher than those who had at one time admired us, we appear to them as though we have sunken and fallen down:for, in any event, they had at one time supposed that they were with us (even if it were through us) on the heights.”
“Check the records; there has never been an undisciplined person who was a champion. Regardless of the field of endeavor, you'll find this to be true.”