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I'd like to share a quote from Calvin Coolidge, who was our thirtieth president, serving from 1923 to 1929. He was known as a man of few words. One of his nicknames was "Silent Cal," but here's one thing he said that I really like, "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not—nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not—unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not—the world is full of educated derelicts. What is powerful is persistence and determination. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
John Thurman, a great Scouter from England remarked, "Determination remains the enduring answer to most problems."