What you persist in doing gets easier. The task hasn't changed, but your ability to do it has increased. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No one was ever injured by the truth; but he who persists in self-deception and ignorance is injured. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in mood, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement-mixer long after one's… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
I know it sounds hard to believe, but habits laid down by our ancestors persist even after the conditions that created those… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
People do not persist in their vices because they are not weary of them, but because they cannot leave them off. It… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“You got to insist on your success, resist every obstacle and persist in times of difficulty and you will get there.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We can do better. ...We can't ignore the inequalities that persist in our justice system that undermine our most deeply held values… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's difficult for… — John Legend Copy Share Image
We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast. The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“If you care to know, majority of successful people in the world were all struck by limitations in one way or the… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Persistence is important in every endeavor. Whether it's finishing your homework, completing school, working late to finish a project, or "finishing the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is an easy way to silence your critics; just try to do what they say you can't do. If they are… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The arguments for immortality, weak when you take them one by one, are no more cogent when you take them together... For… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The pleasure principle long persists, however, as the method of working employed by the sexual instincts, which are so hard to 'educate',… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Rule Number One is this: If you’re open to learning, you get your life-lessons delivered as gently as the tickle of a… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
If the U.S. monopoly capitalist groups persist in pushing their policies of aggression and war, the day is bound to come when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perhaps the simplest example is a synthetic plastic, which unlike natural materials, is not degraded by biological decay. It therefore persists as… — Barry Commoner Copy Share Image
No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world ... the Brazilian people, particularly the humblest among you,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The grim reality is that most start-ups fail. Most new products are not successful. Yet the story of perseverance, creative genius, and… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
What is the world full of? It is full of things that arise, persist, and cease. Grasp and cling to them, and… — Buddhadasa Copy Share Image
The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Revolutionaries are rarely motivated primarily by material considerations-though the illusion that they are persists in the West. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I will persist until I succeed. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking. — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
If things were half as bad as some people persist in believing, I'd have retired with a bottle of Scotch and a… — Robert Maxwell Copy Share Image
Imports remain a concern with the currency holding at $US0.75 cents and cost pressures persist, in particular for power and transport. — Christofer Drew Copy Share Image
By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist. — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
A successful revolution establishes a new community. A missed revolution makes irrelevant the community that persists. And a compromised revolution tends to… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
“If you persist over time, refusing to take offense, making your motive genuine, showing respect, and constantly searching for Mutual Purpose, then… — Kerry Patterson Copy Share Image
When the memory of one's predecessors is buried, the assumption persists that there were none and each generation of women believes itself… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
When people ask me what I do for a living, I generally tell them 'I run a hedge fund.' The majority give… — David Einhorn Copy Share Image
Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
My mother is not a model. She is not perfect. That awareness is part of learning to love someone. Predicting the actions… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Because we have sought to cover up past evil, though it still persists, we have been powerless to check the new evil… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
Many people persist in the wrong job, trying year after year to get good at what they're bad at or at what… — Edward Hallowell Copy Share Image
