Quotes on Persistence

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.

My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

A man of clear ideas errs grievously if he imagines that whatever is seen confusedly does not exist; it belongs to him, when he meets with such a thing, to dispel the midst, and fix the outlines of the vague form which is looming through it.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and the antidote for this is calmness and fortitude and a modest yet firm belief in your competence. Be sure that your priorities are in order so that you can proceed in a logical manner, and be ever mindful that nothing will take the place of persistence.

Persistence only proves persistence-it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn't mean you are special-it means he is troubled.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.