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"I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves."

Major Taylor on Patience

More quotes about Patience

• "Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."

  Carl Jung on Patience

• "Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come."

  Robert H. Schuller on Patience

• "Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success."

  Napoleon Hill on Patience

• "We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."

  Helen Keller on Patience

• "How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

  William Shakespeare on Patience

More quotes by Major Taylor

• "These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained."

• "I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves."

• "The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results."

• "In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends."

• "Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion."