Perseverance is not the absence of defeat; it is the refusal... - Pickering Edward

This quote is attributed to Pickering Edward.

"Perseverance is not the absence of defeat; it is the refusal to accept defeat as final."

Pickering Edward Perseverance

Astronomer American 1846–1919

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