Perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

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"A father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be."

- Steve Martin

Love

"Be so good they can't ignore you."

- Steve Martin

Compassion

"I used to smoke marijuana. But I’ll tell you something: I would only smoke it in the late evening. Oh, occasionally the early evening, but usually the late evening – or the mid-evening. Just the early evening, midevening and late evening. Occasionally, early afternoon, early midafternoon, or perhaps the late-midafternoon. Oh, sometimes the early-mid-late-early morning…but never at dusk."

- Steve Martin

Personal Growth

"Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol."

- Steve Martin

Motivation

"Be so good, they can’t ignore you."

- Steve Martin

Motivation

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"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."

- George Lorimer

Determination

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."

- Amelia Earhart

Determination

"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."

- Melissa McCarthy

Determination

"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."

- Walt Disney

Determination

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Determination