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“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.” Winston Churchill, “The Second World War” - 1953

“I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time” Charles Dickens, “David Copperfield” - 1850

“The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.” Herman Melville, “Moby-Dick” - 1851

“They're all against me. But I have one advantage: they don't know what they want.” Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead” - 1943

“No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.” Ulysses S. Grant, “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant” - 1885

“Thy resolution may fluctuate on the wild and changeful billows of human opinion, but mine is anchored on the Rock of Ages.” Walter Scott, “Ivanhoe” - 1820

“No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing, His afterthoughts belie his first resolve.” Sophocles, “Antigone” - c. 441 BC

“Our day in Toulouse with the Airbus A380 has since brought my mind back time and time again to Howard Hughes and that film and has made me realise just how slim the line is between genius and insanity and between determination and stubbornness.” Richard Branson, “Losing My Virginity” - 1998

“But that's the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well it is important and worth the doing.” Ray Bradbury, “Fahrenheit 451” - 1953

“It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly, and I have never turned my back upon one yet.” Isaac Asimov, “Foundation” - 1951

“Slow but steady wins the race.” Aesop, “Aesop's Fables”

“For, so long as he conceives that he cannot do it, so long is he not determined to do it, and consequently so long is it impossible for him to do it.” Baruch Spinoza, “Ethics” - 1677

“Skinny guys, they never go limp. They fight until they're burger.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Fight Club” - 1996

“Don’t start anything you’re not prepared to finish.” Neil Gaiman, “American Gods” - 2001

“Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein” - 1818

“If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.” Samuel Butler, “The Note-Books of Samuel Butler” - 1912

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