PERSISTENCE QUOTES

quotations about persistence

Persistence quote

What destiny sends, bear! Whoever perseveres will be crowned.

JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERDER

attributed, Beautiful Thoughts from German and Spanish Authors


Those who persevere understand that luck is something only failures believe in. Perseverance has other names -- persistence, determination, a can-do attitude. Success in life depends on your willingness to never give up, even when the reward is delayed.

HARVEY MACKAY

"Persistence is the key to success in our lives", Albany Times Union, March 19, 2018


Persistence is a fruit of the spirit. The spirit that enables one to cross from patience to longsuffering without knowing.

JOYCELYN DANKWA

Persistence Has Great Gain


Diamonds are only chunks of coal,
That stuck to their jobs, you see.

MINNIE RICHARD SMITH

"Stick to Your Job", Poor Richard's Anthology of Thoughts on Success


Habit is persistence in practice.

OCTAVIA E. BUTLER

Bloodchild and Other Stories

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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

HENRY WARD BEECHER

attributed, Proverbial Wisdom: Proverbs, Maxims and Ethical Sentences, of Interest to All Classes of Men

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There are very few cases of overnight success. Most success cases--including rock bands who seem to explode out of nowhere--involve longer term persistence and commitment to an interest.

PATRICK COMBS

Major in Success

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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

BARACK OBAMA

speech, July 12, 2006

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Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.

PARAMAHANSA YODANANDA

Sayings of Paramahansa Yogananda


More and more I have come to admire resilience.
Not the simple resistance of a pillow, whose foam
returns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuous
tenacity of a tree: finding the light newly blocked on one side,
it turns in another. A blind intelligence, true.
But out of such persistence arose turtles, rivers,
mitochondria, figs--all this resinous, unretractable earth.

JANE HIRSHFIELD

"Optimism"

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Nothing can be done except little by little.

CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

My Heart Laid Bare and Other Prose Writings

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Persistence is a writer's best friend disguised as a bully.

A. M. MCKNIGHT

Goslyn County


Everywhere we look we see signs of persistence in those that are creating the most challenging and rewarding results. It is not always natural; it's a learned trait. What this means though, is that success is simply a choice.

JUSTIN SACHS

The Power of Persistence


If you are unhappy about something change it. Choose what you want in life, create your plan to get it, put your plan into action and follow through with persistence.

LATORRIA FREEMAN

Turn My Life Around


The truth is that persistence equals success. What I mean by this is that if we look at those who are the most successful in the world, persistence is the common denominator.

JUSTIN SACHS

The Power of Persistence


When resistance closes the door against you, remember that persistence holds the key.

ISRAELMORE AYIVOR

Daily Drive 365


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

ELBERT HUBBARD

attributed, The Search for the North Pole

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Persistence is not sitting idle. Persistence is not a virtue if you sit back and wait for your problem to solve itself.

VINCENT N. PAUL

Persistence Works


Persistence is like mowing the lawn, one blade at a time.

ANN MACINDOO

attributed, The Power of Persistence


A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.

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