Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge
I've failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
Leonardo da Vinci
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Harvey Mackay
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
John Quincy Adams
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
Lucretius
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Progress, however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
Samuel Smiles
To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.
Michael Hanson
To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.
Anna Pavlova
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Herbert Kaufman
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Louis Pasteur
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
Harper Lee
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A determinate purpose in life and a steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages are indispensable conditions of success.
William Punshon
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
William Feather
The successful man lengthens his stride when he discovers that the signpost has deceived him; the failure looks for a place to sit down.
J. R. Rogers
We do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts.
Françoise de Maintenon
Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there.
David Zucker
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Alva Edison
I find in life that most affairs that require serious handling are distasteful. For this reason, I have always believed that the successful man has the hardest battle with himself rather than with the other fellow. To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When this battle is won for all time, then everything is easy.
Thomas Buckner
Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Ray Kroc
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered when others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
Grenville Kleiser
The reason diets and other how-to's don't work for most people is the same reason most how-to books and courses don't work for most people. It isn't that the actions are wrong. It's that people don't keep doing them.
Jeff Olson
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It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.
Cicero
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Menander
All rising to a great place is by a winding stair.
Francis Bacon
Did you ever hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully and singly toward an object, and in no measure obtained it? If a man constantly aspires, is he not elevated?
Henry David Thoreau
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Sir Winston Churchill
Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.
Malcom Forbes
Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.
Zig Ziglar
A goal casually set and lightly taken is freely abandoned at the first obstacle.
Zig Ziglar
Sales people should take lessons from their kids. What does the word "no" mean to a child? Almost nothing.
Jim Rohn
Every great success is an accumulation of thousands of ordinary efforts that no one sees or appreciates.
Brian Tracy
There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.
David Lloyd George
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small mountains.
Anonymous
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel Johnson
There is a fine line between persistence and obstinacy. I have come to realize the key is to choose a problem that is worth persistent effort.
Dr. Judah Folkman
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
Newt Gingrich
The first part of success is Get-to-it-iveness; the second part of success is Stick-to-it-iveness.
Orison Marden
The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
Thomas Alva Edison
All of the best advice in the world will only help you if you can motivate yourself to take persistent, continuous action in the direction of your goals until you succeed.
Brian Tracy
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
Elbert Hubbard
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Conrad Hilton
The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner.
Og Mandino
It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated - it is finished when it surrenders.
Ben Stein
People who don't give up keep trying because they don't base their self-worth on their performance.
John Maxwell
There is no failure except no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
Ken Hubbard
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
Napoleon Hill
Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.
Napoleon Hill
Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
Napoleon Hill
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela
The main reason people fail is not because of lack of ability or opportunities. They fail because they lack the inner strength to persist in the face of obstacles and difficulties. That's why trying something almost always leads to failure. By definition, trying something means you will quit if you are not successful.
Ruben Gonzalez
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
James Michener
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
William Faulkner
That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You feel better about yourself whenever you push yourself to do your best. You increase your self-esteem whenever you go beyond the point where the average person would normally quit.
Brian Tracy
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.
William James
Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Cecil deMille
In most domains, talent is overrated compared to determination — partly because it makes a better story, partly because it gives onlookers an excuse for being lazy, and partly because after a while determination starts to look like talent.
Paul Graham
Persistence in the face of a skeptical authority figure is a powerful ability.
Seth Godin
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