Persistence Quotes

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.

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

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people.

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

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.

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

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.

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

I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off.

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

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.

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.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.

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

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

Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of one's own genes in the generations to follow.