Confucius Quotes

A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

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• The role of a clown and a physician are the same - it's to elevate the possible and to relieve suffering.

  

  Patch Adams
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• To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.

  

  Ralph Bunche
  • Up
  • Work
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• Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Success
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• The big talent is persistence.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • Talent
  • Big
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• Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

  

  Walter Murch
  • Art
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• First and foremost, let us remember that change has never been quick. Change has never been simple, or without controversy. Change depends on persistence. Change requires determination.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Remember
  • Simple
  • Determination

• It takes a little more persistence to get up and go the distanceI'm not giving inI'm not missing outI'm not giving up on implausible dreams - The Enemy Within (Part I of 'Fear') (1984)

  

  Neil Peart Rush
  • Up
  • Giving
  • Fear

• Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

  

  Bill Bradley
  • Success
  • Path
  • Ambition

• It's our privilege to work with College Track students as they chart their course toward a college degree - they bring persistence, creativity, and extraordinary discipline throughout their academic journey.

  

  Laurene Powell Jobs
  • Work
  • College
  • Journey

• Retaining culture takes effort and persistence and discipline. It's a commitment, not a flag. You can't just pull it out and wave it about when it's convenient.

  

  Alexandra Fuller
  • Culture
  • Effort
  • Discipline

• Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.

  

  Bruce Rauner
  • Long
  • Success
  • Persistence

• Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

  

  Aisha Tyler
  • Success
  • Failure
  • Persistence

• I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of the lake that I would be there forever, and having no idea where on shore I'd end up. I made it, and I'm proud of the determination and persistence that took.

  

  Kim Edwards
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Feeling

• When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.

  

  John Bates Clark
  • Freedom
  • Competition
  • Fate

• Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.

  

  David A. Bednar
  • Faith
  • Effort
  • Commitment

• Because of their courage and persistence for many years, we can, today, even set the dates when all humanity will join together to celebrate one of the outstanding human victories of our century. When that moment comes, we shall, together, rejoice in a common victory over racism, apartheid and white minority rule.

  

  Nelson Mandela
  • Together
  • Today
  • Humanity

• Persistence is the great measure of individual human character.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Great
  • Character
  • Humans

• Implement your plans with courage and persistence. Have complete faith in your ability to succeed and never, ever give up.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Up
  • Success
  • Giving

• I do not wish upon anyone a descent into hell. But if your life has to be turned inside out in order for you to know yourself--if the shadow of a shaman crosses your path and you turn and follow it down--I pray that you use its force wisely. I hope that you take the ultimate responsibility for your actions and that you consecrate any destruction to the rebuilding of your higher self and a more radiant life.

  

  Elizabeth Lesser
  • Hope
  • Wish
  • Responsibility

• Education is fundamental. And I know some aren't blessed to be afforded the luxury, 'cause as sad as it is in 2016, it is still a luxury. I'd say when you're young, look for someone, an older woman, you'd like to emulate. Not necessarily her career, but the soul and essence of that woman. I use women like Susan Taylor and Tyra Banks to girdle me up so I can find my own strength and forge my own path.

  

  Eva Pigford
  • Career
  • Education
  • Woman

• It's stupid to say that there's any comfort to be had in 'knowing your place,' but there is a sense of reassuring escapism to something like 'Downton Abbey.' There's a perceived romance and elegance that is wonderful to lose yourself in.

  

  Kate Reardon
  • Stupid
  • Yourself
  • Lose

• Why is football important? Good question. Like Will Rogers said, all of us can't be heroes, somebody's gotta sit on the curb and clap when they ride by. I think that's what it is. People want to pull for something, whether it's America and you want to fly your flag ... why are NASCAR fans so adamant? Why do they pull for Jeff Gordon or Little E? People want to have something to pull for. You become part of a brotherhood. If you're a Dallas Cowboy fan, you seek out other Dallas Cowboy fans.

  

  Walt Garrison
  • People
  • Important
  • Football

• We didn't score any runs. We had opportunities to score runs and we didn't do it. That was it.

  

  Alan Trammell
  • Opportunities
  • Score
  • Runs

• A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

  

  Confucius
  • Persistence
  • Physician
  • Shaman