With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
Be persistent and never give up. I had to deal with facing stereotypes and had a lot of people doubt me and… — Jess Bowen Copy Share Image
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Lawyering is very individualistic. There are lawyers who are going to be that persistent birddog, they're never going to give up on… — Lynne Stewart Copy Share Image
“Everyday should be a working day on those difficult tasks. A little bit per day is the only way to make it… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
As long as you like me the best. And you think I’m good-looking—sort of. I’m prepared to be annoyingly persistent. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. Our most persistent and spectacular efforts are concerned not with the preservation of… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I was really fixated when I was a child. Again my mother was just talking to me about this, about how I… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I want to be a multi-time champion. I want to be a multiple division champion. I still have a lot of goals;… — Urijah Faber Copy Share Image
Good leadership is pervasive, persuasive, and persistent. Bad leadership is poisoned with pedanticism, posturing, self-importance. — Marcia Whicker Copy Share Image
One tended to lose one’s bearings in the presence of willful and persistent acts of craziness, and the more gentle the act,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I'm an extremely, extremely persistent person. Extremely. And when I believe I am right, and it is important, I will go to… — Bill Ackman Copy Share Image
Life is very persistent and very ingenious in seizing every opportunity. — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
Some cities, like wrapped boxes under Christmas trees, conceal unexpected gifts, secret delights. Some cities will always remain wrapped boxes, containers of… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
For the last 60 years, dictator Fidel Castro was America's most persistent adversary. Although Castro formally handed off to his brother, Raul,… — John S. Dickerson Copy Share Image
It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
We are prodding, challenging, seeking contradictions or small, persistent residual errors, proposing alternative explanations, encouraging heresy. We give our highest rewards to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Persistent, internal inklings matched by external confirmation is often the way God directs believers into His will. — Priscilla Shirer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, we feel conscious but unable to move our body. The first thing to do is focus in a prayer, then start… — Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident Copy Share Image
Persistent calling upon the name of the Lord breaks through every stronghold of the devil, for nothing is impossible with God. For… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this journey toward success by… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
