Going after anything ...

Going after anything worthwile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn\'t let that stop or delay him. A man accepted the dangers, the element of chance. If he didn\'t, he won nothing.
Going after anything worthwile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn't let that stop or delay him. A man accepted the dangers, the element of chance. If he didn't, he won nothing.
 John Jakes

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton
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 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.
 John Jakes