The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

Barack Obama

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Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.

Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

In any case, you must not confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

On a mission your worst enemy is idle time.

I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.

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