#Persistence Quotes

“But when the fox hath once got in his nose, He'll soon find means to make the body follow.”

“Write till your ink be dry, and with your tearsMoist it again, and frame some feeling lineThat may discover such integrity.”

“Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward, But then woos best when most his choice is froward.”

“Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me, I'll knock elsewhere, to see if they'll disdain me”

“Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast, yet love breaks through and picks them all at last.”

“The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.”

“If you don't ride in the rain, you don't ride.”

“All great successes are the triumph of persistence.”

“Expediency of literature, reason of literature, lawfulness of writing down a thought, is questioned; much is to say on both sides,and, while the fight waxes hot, thou, dearest scholar, stick to thy foolish task, add a line every hour, and between whiles add a line.”

“A big shot is a little shot who keeps on shootin'”

“As you head toward your goals, be prepared to make some slight adjustments to your course. You don't change your decision to go - you do change your direction to get there.”

“I believe that persistent effort, supported by a character-based foundation, will enable you to get more of the things money will buy and all of the things money won't buy.”

“The major difference between the big shot and the little shot is the big shot is just a little shot who kept on shooting.”

“Keep digging your well. Water is there somewhere.”

“Every time passionate people fail, they are convinced that they are simply one step closer to fulfilling their dream.”

“Slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession.”

“Success is like pumping an old well handle. You have to pump a very long time before you get water. But don't give up or you will have to start all over again.”

“If we grow weary and give up, the goal remains for someone else to achieve.”

“Success always demands a greater effort.”

“Motivation fuels the attitude that builds the Confidence necessary to sustain the Persistence.”

“You know that loveWill creep in service where it cannot go.”

“If there's one pitch you keep swinging at and keep missing, stop swinging at it.”

“The desire that is satisfied is not a great desire, nor has the shoulder used all its might that an unbreakable gate has never strained.”

“We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.”

“No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. In fact, in studying the source of people's success, I've found that persistence overshadows even talent as the most valued and effective resource in creating and shaping the quality of life. Most people give up a maddening five feet from their goal!”

“If at first you do succeed, quit trying on investing.”

“It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.”

“I make plenty of mistakes and I'll make plenty more mistakes, too. That's part of the game. You've just got to make sure that the right things overcome the wrong ones.”

“Persistence overshadows even talent as the most valuable resource shaping the quality of life.”

“Course, that's the trouble with politics, it breeds politics! So that makes it pretty hard to stamp out.”

“If people maintain the belief systems that empower them, they'll keep coming back with enough action and enough resourcefulness to succeed eventually.”

“No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.”

“The persistence of an all-absorbing idea is terrible.”

“Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind.”

“Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting.”

“If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.”

“The difference in the profit and loss is usually ... do not quit.”

“The difference in winning & losing is most often, not quitting.”

“My persistence is the measure of the belief I have in myself.”

“Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.”

“Still, life had a way of adding day to day”

“Love resembles a tree: it bends under its own weight, deeply rooted in our being and sometimes turns green in the ruins of a heart.”

“I never get tired of signing autographs 'cause I used to do it so much in class dreaming about the day that it might mean something to somebody.”

“True progress is slow but sure.”

“The path to success is to take massive, determined action.”

“Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.”

“I began absolutely non-stop tormenting my parents, begging them on a daily basis to move there.”

“The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.”

“Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.”

“Love is always mutual and reflective. You may hate me, and if I want to love you, you repulse me. But if I persist, in a month or a year you are bound to love me. It is a well-known psychological phenomenon.”