Quotes about persistence
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 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 achievement doe
Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.
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 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 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 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 excellence self-improvement
Do your best, and be a little better than you are. Gordon B. Hinckley
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 resilience chance
Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems.
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 elephants bits
You can eat an elephant one bit at a time. Mary Kay Ash
persistence sides side-effects
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. James Altucher
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 years stills
I have for many years been puzzled by the persistence of Hugh Hefner. Why is he still here? Nora Ephron
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 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.
persistence mind enemy
Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.
persistence men creating
If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a plan which does work. Right here is the point at which 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.
persistence will-power bases
The basis of persistence is the Power of Will.
persistence secret conviction
The secret of success is conviction and persistence. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
persistence effort victory
Full effort is full victory. Mahatma Gandhi
persistence play cards
I never thought I didn't have a card to play. Jim Lovell
persistence embodiment succeed
The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.
persistence effort
Make the second effort your second nature. Harvey Mackay