Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
Mutual fund manager performance does not persist and the return of stock picking is zero. — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Yes, she doesn't really look like either of us, does she? Perhaps she's a girl who's fallen madly in love with me… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson despised newspapers, with considerable justification. They printed libels and slanders about him that persist to the present day. Yet he… — Wesley Pruden Copy Share Image
I will dance and resist and dance and persist and dance. This heartbeat is louder than death. — Suheir Hammad Copy Share Image
The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
“There are certain things in this world that a person must do, even if they know it's impossible.” — Meng Xi Shi Copy Share Image
How is it possible for one’s heart to be certain that one is going to meet Allah, that Allah sees and hears… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
Why do you persist in being so frivolous, Urgit?" "Why don't we just call it a symptom of my incipient madness?" "You're… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use.… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
For me, the subtlety of black and white inspires the imagination of the individual viewer to complete the picture in the mind's… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Recognize your highest calling as early in life as possible. Proactively and creatively persist, day in and day out. Leave an enduring… — Frank McKinney Copy Share Image
The nations of the world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
It would be especially comforting to believe that I have the answer to the question, What happens when we die? Does the… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
You all know the saying which is very true: What you resist persists. And I'm sure many of you have already found… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away. — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another,… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Confidence that one's impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
