[Vision2020] Installment # Persistence

Jeffh jeffh at moscow.com
Mon Mar 7 23:02:47 PST 2011


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>     Persistence:
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>     ... the firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in
>     spite of difficulty or opposition.
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The Radio Spot:
> http://radio.values.com/30_mp3/Values_Lincoln-Persistence_30.mp3
Thoughts to ponder:
> Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher 
> storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
> Rabindranath Tagore Poet, Playwright, Essayist  (1861-1941)
> Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the 
> obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more 
> than the intelligence quotient.
> Eugene S. Wilson Dean Of Admissions At Amherst College  (1900-1981
> I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 
> 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game 
> winning shot...and I missed. I have failed over and over and over 
> again in my life. And thats precisely why I succeed.
> Michael Jordan Retired Professional Basketball Player, 
> Businessman  (born 1963
> I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to 
> always reach my destination.
> Jimmy Dean Musician, Entrepreneur  (born 1928
> If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a 
> lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I 
> would ever have made progress.
> Calvin Coolidge 30th Us President  (1872-1933


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