Posts Tagged ‘Perseverance’

Calvin Coolidge

Posted by David Ahrens | Filed under Calvin Coolidge | Mar 5, 2013 | Tags: , , , , | View Comments

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Emily Dickinson

Posted by David Ahrens | Filed under Emily Dickinson | Apr 3, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | View Comments

“Luck Is Not Chance, It’s Toil. Fortune’s Expensive Smile Is Earned.”  

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