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For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Make up your minds that you are going to overcome every discouragement, and that you are not going to let any discouragement overcome you.

out of the hard and unusual struggle through which he is compelled to pass, he gets a strength, a confidence, that one misses whose pathway is comparatively smooth

I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed

I will not say that I became discouraged, for as I now look back over my life I do not recall that I ever became discouraged over anything that I set out to accomplish.

My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings.

War is the province of danger, and therefore courage above all things is the first quality of a warrior.

The man who never weakens when things are against him will grow stronger and stronger until all things will delight to be for him.

My dear Laelius and Scipio, we must stand up against old age and make up for its drawbacks by taking pains.

And when you fall throughout life—and maybe even tonight after a few too many glasses of champagne—fall forward.

I walked out of there to prepare for the next audition, and the next audition, and the next one.

I want to fall… forward. At least I figure that way I’ll see what I’m about to hit.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

Never be discouraged. Never hold back. Give everything you’ve got.

The point is, every graduate here today has the training and the talent to succeed. But do you have guts to fail?