Worth Quoting: Calvin Coolidge on Persistence

By Early To Rise | Thu, Jan 1, 2009 |

  

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“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 derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

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One Response to “Worth Quoting: Calvin Coolidge on Persistence”

  1. DeEtte says:
    01/4/2009 at 11:29 pm

    Even my 14 year old was saying “That is so true”.

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    As always, I found Michael Masterson’s writing very inspiring and stimulating.

    When I start reading his “Plan B” article, my first reaction was that this is an interesting approach. Then I realized that Dale Carnegie said the same in one of his books – to imagine the worst possible outcome and accept it as possible. Then plan around it.

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