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    “When the morning’s freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles quiver under the strain, the climb seems endless, and, suddenly, nothing will go quite as you wish – it is then that you must not hesitate.” ~ Dag Hammarskjold

      “A good question to revisit whenever overwhelmed: Are you having a breakdown or a breakthrough?” ~ Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

        “The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy… It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.” ~ Jacqueline Gareau, 1980 Boston Marathon Champ

          “The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!” ~ Marvin Phillips

              “We will either find a way, or make one.” ~ Hannibal

                “That’s what building a body of work is all about. It’s about the daily labor, the many individual acts, the choices large and small that add up over time, over a lifetime to a lasting legacy. It’s about not being satisfied with the latest achievement, the latest gold star, because the one thing I know about a body of work is that it’s never finished. It’s cumulative. It deepens and expands with each day you give your best. You may have setbacks and you may have failures, but you’re not done. You haven’t even started.” ~ Barack Obama

                Don’t Quit

                  When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

                  When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,

                  When the funds are low and the debts are high

                  And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

                  When care is pressing you down a bit,

                  Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

                  Life is queer with its twists and turns,

                  As every one of us sometimes learns,

                  And many a failure turns about

                  When he might have won had he stuck it out;

                  Don’t give up though the pace seems slow–

                  You may succeed with another blow,

                  Success is failure turned inside out–

                  The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

                  And you never can tell how close you are,

                  It may be near when it seems so far;

                  So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit–

                  It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

                   

                  ~ Edgar A. Guest

                    “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

                      “The greatest victory is the victory over ourselves.  Remember, it’s always too soon to quit.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

                        “One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.” ~ Napoleon Hill

                          “The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.” ~ Seth Godin, Linchpin

                            “People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.” ~ George E. Allen

                              “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” ~ Steve Jobs

                                “Its not how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” ~ Rocky Balboa

                                  “Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.” ~ Mary Lou Retton

                                    “Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.” ~ Alan Schoenfeld

                                      “I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” ~ Michael Jordan

                                        “Success isn’t something you chase. It’s something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it’ll come when you least expect it.” ~ Michael Jordan