Quotes about persistence
persistence talent bigs
The big talent is persistence. Octavia Butler
persistence obstacles-and-challenges strength-in-adversity
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. Norman Vincent Peale
persistence achievement labor-day
No great achievement is possible without persistent work. Bertrand Russell
persistence excellence self-improvement
Do your best, and be a little better than you are. Gordon B. Hinckley
persistence self able
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience. Henri Frederic Amiel
persistence soul ability
If you are doing all you can to the fullest of your ability as well as you can, there is nothing else that is asked of a soul. Gary Zukav
persistence goal effort
Success in any endeavor does not happen by accident. Rather, it’s the result of deliberate decisions, conscious effort, and immense persistence...all directed at specific goals.
persistence advice finding-yourself
My advice: Just keep movin' straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place. George Carlin
persistence fire clay
In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts. Francis Bacon
persistence looks ends
There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it look like a quantum leap. James Dyson
persistence simple thinking
I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Some people never observe anything, Life just happens to them. They get by on little more than a kind of dumb persistence, and they resist with anger and resentment anything that might lift them out of that false serenity. Frank Herbert
persistence work-out quitting
It only 'doesn't work out' if you quit. Never, ever quit! Mike Dooley
persistence resilience chance
Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems.
persistence risk answers
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.' Eugene Fama
persistence play cards
I never thought I didn't have a card to play. Jim Lovell
persistence winning sea
Most fisherman, including this one, cling to their pet stupidities as they would to a battered briar or an old jacket; and their dogged persistence in wrong methods and general wrong-headedness finally wins the a sort of grudging admiration, if not many fish. John D. Voelker
persistence luck mind
Eventually, if it's on your mind, you stumble on it. You need a certain amount of luck and persistence. Jules Feiffer
persistence squares two
In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence. Ma Jian
persistence resistance overcoming
Continued persistence overcomes almost all resistance. Mark Victor Hansen
persistence doors voice
When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first. Kelly Cutrone
persistence quitting failing
90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.
persistence media president
As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal. Michelle Malkin
persistence goal tactics
Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over. Seth Godin
persistence giving loses
I give you points for persistence, but you lose a few for being slow on the uptake. (Rae) Sherrilyn Kenyon
persistence preparation
Success is when persistence meets preparation.
persistence want-something trying
Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something. Norah O'Donnell
persistence years stills
I have for many years been puzzled by the persistence of Hugh Hefner. Why is he still here? Nora Ephron
persistence elephants bits
You can eat an elephant one bit at a time. Mary Kay Ash
persistence hardship handwriting
With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on. Michael Chabon
persistence never-quit quitting
If you never quit, you're never beaten. Ted Turner
persistence yield self
Spend the most time with your best people. ... Talent is the multiplier. THe more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time. ... Persistence directed primarily toward your non-talents is self-destructive. ... You will reprimand yourself, berate yourself, and put yourself through all manner of contortions in an attempt to achieve the impossible. Marcus Buckingham
persistence independence apathy
[Robinson Crusoe] is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence, the slow yet efficient intelligence, the sexual apathy, the calculating taciturnity. James Joyce
persistence effort
Make the second effort your second nature. Harvey Mackay