Persistence Quotes

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race

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

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!

If you're going through hell, keep going.

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

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

There is no failure except the failure of trying.

It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.

It's always too early to quit.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

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.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!

Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is.

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted; it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in which instinct has learned nothing from experience.

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

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

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

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

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.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

As you go along your road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance.... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.

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.

Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.

Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

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

Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement - these are the martial virtues which must command success

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods

Some guys they just give up living, others start dying little by little piece by piece, some guys come home from work and wash up, and go racing in the streets

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem—he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

Money grows on the tree of persistence

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