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“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
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“I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me...”
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“I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.”
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“I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.”
Source : Song: Surrendering, Album: Under Rug Swept, 2002
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“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.”
Source : "Making a Habit of Success: How to Make a Habit of Succeeding, How to Win With High Self-Esteem". Book by MacK R. Douglas (p. 45), 1999.
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“No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.”
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“In a mad world, only the mad are sane.”
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“At their first appearance innovators have always been derided as fools and mad men.”
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“We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.”
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“People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.”
Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “This Book Will Save Your Life”, p.29, Granta Books
