Persistence Quotes

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.

To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.

There is nothing so far removed from us as to be beyond our reach, or so hidden that we cannot discover it.

In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.

I never thought I didn't have a card to play.

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.

Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.

Persistence is the answer, and a sense of humor helps.

Full effort is full victory.

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.

In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

Illegitimis non carborundum. Lat., Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

There's no such thing as a lost cause, or a dead end. Through persistence, attitude, and creativity, there's always an escape route.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match.

Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.

But hope has an astonishing resilience and strength. Its very persistence in our hearts indicates that it is not a tonic for wishful thinkers but the ground on which realists stand.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the act of learning all the way.

Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence.

A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors.

Don't do something just for the money. Money is a side effect of persistence. You persist in things you are interested in. Explore your interests. Then persist. Then enjoy all the side effects.

Great beginnings are not as important as the way one finishes.

Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created this mess you got yourself into in the first place.

"Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.

When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.

Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.

Failure is often the line of least persistence.

Nobody automatically believes in your dream. Nobody! You have to turn it into reality through your own sheer grit, bullheadedness and persistence.

Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.

The test of character is not persistence when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel. The true test is performance and persistence when you see no light coming.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

It looks like the thing that separates out the capable students from the really successful ones is not so much their knowledge...but their persistence at something.

After taking risk into account, do more managers than you’d see by chance outperform with persistence? Virtually every economist who studied this question answers with a resounding 'no.'

Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a liberal or conservative activity; it is a sacred act.

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.