“A leader’s meal is that unstoppable desire to stay late to see his dreams achieved. They never give up.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each… — Minor White Copy Share Image
“It is so easy to be wrong—and to persist in being wrong—when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The worship of Mammon may be vulgar or immoral, but it persists while other religions falter and disappear. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The cooperation of NASCAR - or any other system, it turns out - persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
“Lose Faith. Pray anyway. Persist. We are made to persist, to complete the whole tour. That's how we find out who we… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The modern fairy tale ending is the reverse of the traditional one: A woman does not wait for Prince Charming to bring… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
“They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pityings, all of… — James Allen Copy Share Image
I have found that life persists in the midst of destruction and, therefore, there must be a higher law than that of… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
have a much harder time writing stories than novels. I need the expansiveness of a novel and the propulsive energy it provides.… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the United States and to our allies. If Saddam persists in thumbing… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
The image of the reporter as a nicotine-stained Quixote, slugging back Scotch while skewering city hall with an expose ripped out of… — Paul Gray Copy Share Image
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it's enough. It takes just one star to pierce a… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability. — Julia Gillard Copy Share Image
Persist - don't take no for an answer. If you're happy to sit at your desk and not take any risk, you'll… — David Rubenstein Copy Share Image
A bore is someone who persists in holding his own views after we have enlightened him with ours. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
For a finite-size system to persist in time (to live), it must evolve in such a way that it provides easier access… — Adrian Bejan Copy Share Image
. . . persist in that invocation until the unity of the world is subsumed for you in a single sphere, so… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
We are squandering our wealth. In many respects, to the extent that we persist in our imperial delusions, we're also going to… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of forgetfulness, but no society can fully repress an ugly past… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
My genetic interests persist in the area of the control of human development. Something must be fundamentally flawed with a reproductive system… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
We pursue exercise even though empirically we see no benefit from the energy we're spending and we're hurting. So empirically we should… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“God can allow you to pass through storms and get to your success. But what the devil loves to do is to… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend.… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Shared Sino-American global security goals would not mean that one partner dictates to the other. U.S.-PRC differences will persist, and on the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The only thing we all have in common is that we play tricks in order to force ourselves to abandon the quest.… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Why persist in walking difficult and toilsome paths? There is no repose where you are seeking it. Search as you like, it… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality… The spirit of nationality… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Constellations have always been troublesome things to name. If you give one of them a fanciful name, it will always refuse to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
