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2. Lack of persistence
When problems seem insurmountable, quitting seems to be the easiest way out. It is true
for every marriage, job and relationship. Winners are struck but not destroyed. We all
have had setbacks in life. Failing does not mean we are failures.
More people fail not because they lack knowledge or talent but because they quit. The
total secret of success lies in two words, persistence and resistance. Persist in what must
be done and resist what ought not be done.
A man is a hero not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for
ten minutes longer.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson