Login:

Persisting

Persevering on a task even though the resolution is not immediately apparent. Stick to it!
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence and determination.
Calvin Coolidge
When the world says, 'Give up,' / Hope whispers, 'Try it one more time.'
Anon.
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
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
Sam Ewing
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Louis Pasteur
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote
That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do. Not that the nature of the thing has changed but the power to do it has changed.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Author
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Robert Half , Executive
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin
Failure is usually the line of least persistence.
Wilfred Beaver
You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training.
Seth Godin
I found that I could find the energy... that I could find the determination to keep on going. I learned that your mind can amaze your body, if you just keep telling yourself, I can do it...I can do it...I can do it!
Jon Erickson, scientist and author
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Napoleon Hill
The great thing, and the hard thing, is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery.
Janet Erskine Stuart
Perseverance alone does not assure success. No amount of stalking will lead to game in field that has none.
I Ching
When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen>
Arland Gilbert, writer
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.
George Herbert Allen
The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Herbert Kaufman
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
William Feather
Satisfaction lies in the effort not the attainment.Full effort is full victory.
Mahatma Gandhi
I think I'd like to be remembered as someone who beat the odds through just plain determination. ... that I persevered. Because I think that being somewhat of a pest to life, constantly plaguing and pursuing, will bring results.
Sylvester Stallone, actor
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
Sam Levenson, comedian and author
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Marilyn Vos Savant. columnist and author
« first‹ previous1234567next ›last »