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Letter "D" » discouraged
«How you look at a situation is very important, for how you think about a problem may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you. Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it -- you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.»
«Without discipline, no matter how good you are, you are nothing! One day, and I might not be around, you're going to meet a tough guy who takes your best shot. He'll keep coming because he's tough. Don't get discouraged. That's when the discipline comes in.»
«Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.»
Author: Richard M. Nixon
(President)
| About:
Doing Your Best,
Enemies
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«Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.»
Author: Thomas Alva Edison
(Inventor)
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Ideas
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«The clergy successfully preached the doctrines of patience and pusillanimity; the active virtues of society were discouraged; and the last remains of a military spirit were buried in the cloister: a large portion of public and private wealth was con»
Author: Edward Gibbon
(Historian)
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«For why be discouraged, one of thieves was saved, that is a generous percentage.»
«I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.»
Author: Thomas Alva Edison
(Inventor)
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«The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain -- he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem -- he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.»
Author: William Arthur Ward
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«He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.»
«If the wicked flourish, and thou suffer, be not discouraged; they are fatted for destruction, thou art dieted for health.»
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