Quotes about persistence
persistence self numbers
The drive to be useful is encoded in our genes. But when we gather in very large numbers, as in the modern nation-state, we seem capable of levels of folly and self-destruction to be found nowhere else in all of nature. But if we keep at it and keep alive, we are in for one surprise after another. We can build structures for human society never seen before, thoughts never heard before, music never heard before. Lewis Thomas
persistence spit used
My mum used to say to me, 'Spit on yer 'ands and take a fresh 'old.' Keep going even if you have setbacks. Lesley Garrett
persistence quality talent
Persistence overshadows even talent as the most valuable resource shaping the quality of life. Tony Robbins
persistence giving luck
While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate. Tom Shippey
persistence focus effort
Lions don't have to roar. There is power in silence, confidence, and persistence. Those who work don't talk, and those who talk don't work. Handle your business. Measure your efforts by results. Focus your time, energy, and activity on mastering and executing a plan. Les Brown
persistence purpose stubbornness
Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose. Richard DeVos
persistence ideas use
One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence. Reid Hoffman
persistence guarantees-that results
Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable. Paramahansa Yogananda
persistence ideas terrible
The persistence of an all-absorbing idea is terrible. Victor Hugo
persistence views ebay
In my view, it's irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others. Vinod Khosla
persistence reality government
The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government is not disqualified from acting in response to it. Sandra Day O'Connor
persistence bored feelings
Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers. Feel motivated and energized, we can overcome almost anything. Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive. Robert Greene
persistence keys people
The key to success in any kind of start up is your level of persistence. It's not so much your intellect. The Zuckerburg's, Pages and Brins, that succeed have such a level of belief in what they are doing that they will put up with the kind of crap that most people won't put up with, they are incredibly persistent and resilient.
persistence white maintenance
Straight white males: that's the predominant moviegoing category, and the persistence of that is a dismaying maintenance of the status quo. Wesley Morris
persistence people danger
What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger. Wangari Maathai
persistence wish world
Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence. William Arthur Ward
persistence excellence self-improvement
Do your best, and be a little better than you are. Gordon B. Hinckley
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 embodiment succeed
The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience. Mahatma Gandhi
persistence obstacles-and-challenges strength-in-adversity
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. Norman Vincent Peale
persistence men people
Lack of persistence is one of the major causes of failure. Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome with effort. Napoleon Hill
persistence goal weakness
You need to recognize and sweep aside certain weaknesses which stand between you and your goals. Your persistence develops into a respected, proved, progressive power.
persistence calling doe
One thing we all know, if one does not possess PERSISTENCE, one does not achieve noteworthy success in any calling.
persistence desire wish
Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.