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Keep Going

“Even talent is rarely distinguishable over the long run from perseverance and lots of hard work.” ~ Bayles and Orland

“Take your hat off to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men.” ~ Walt Whitman

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Most great achievements are made through a combination of steady application and sudden insight.” ~ Richard Koch

“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” ~ E.B. White

“You are unlikely to have a good and meaningful life unless you can overcome your insatiability.” ~ William Irvine

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut

“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.” ~ Walter Mosley

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” ~ Salvador Dali