![[Robinson Crusoe] is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence, the slow yet efficient intelligence, the sexual apathy, the calculating taciturnity.](/assets/img/quote-photos/robinson-crusoe-is-the-true-prototype-of-the-british-colonist-the-whole-anglo-.jpg)
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One couldn't even measure roughness. So, by luck, and by reward for persistence, I did found the theory of roughness, which certainly I didn't expect and expecting to found one would have been pure madness. Benoit Mandelbrot
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Persistence is the measurement of your belief in yourself. Brian Tracy
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Persistence is the iron quality of success; if you persist long enough you must eventually succeed
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Your persistence is your belief in yourself.
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Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else. Daniel Goleman
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Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement - these are the martial virtues which must command success Austin Phelps
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By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist. Earl Nightingale
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But the most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over. Here, as so often in this world, persistence is the first and most important requirement for success. Adolf Hitler
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Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly. Albert Einstein
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It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence. Edward Gibbon
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I do need my independence. I have to have that. Carol Vorderman
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We want to resolve the status as soon as possible. Independence is coming. Lutfi Haziri
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I'm for economic independence. Charles Evers
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The States acceded to the Union. Benjamin Franklin
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What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? Abraham Lincoln
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Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power. Alexis de Tocqueville
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Man has proved to be a model sponsor and in particular has respected the independence and integrity of the prize. J. Taylor
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Financial security and independence are like a three-legged stool resting on savings, insurance and investments
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Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter it is, the better. Charles Spurgeon
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I said I wasn't interested, and she was bright enough to say that she wasn't really interested either. As things turned out, we both overestimated our apathies, but not that much. Kurt Vonnegut
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Whether through apathy or confusion, the failure to claim these credits is just one way we're needlessly gifting vast sums to the taxman each year.
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I've been accused of being very vain about my apathy. Bret Easton Ellis
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When the people of a nation out of sincere ignorance, conscientious stupidity, and/or apathy cheer and support liars and murderers like Bush and Blair they are breeding contempt for the laws of the land. These people will find themselves, sooner rather than later, surrounded by incomprehensible evil wherever they go. They become more like fish in a barrel than people. Bobby Miller
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I was faced more with apathy than opposition. Adrian Cronauer
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We are missing something. Our youth today is empty. No longer do the children dream and believe they can change the world. Apathy has destroyed the beautiful idealism of our youth. The intricate illusions and fearless aspirations. The gleam in a child's eye. God help us. All hope is truly lost.
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When an individual fear or apathy passes by the unfortunate, life is of no account.
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No one cares. Apathy is a disease and some days I long for it.