Persistence Quotes
573 quotes by 415 authors
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I was relentless, even in the face of total lack of encouragement, because much more often than you'd think, sheer persistence is the difference between…
— Donald Trump
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One quality of entrepreneurship is just persistence, not giving up because you have road blocks and also not giving in because other people tell you…
— Trip Hawkins
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It doesn't matter if you're good. If you're just good, you won't succeed. If you have patience and persistence and talent and that's it, you…
— Bryan Cranston
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Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.
— Norah O'Donnell
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
— Zosia Mamet
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Temporary setbacks are overshadowed by persistence.
— Quentin L. Cook
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Persistence is the answer, and a sense of humor helps.
— Quentin L. Cook
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It’s okay to be discouraged. It’s not okay to quit. To know you want to quit but to plant your feet and keep inching closer…
— Ryan Holiday
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After taking risk into account, do more managers than you’d see by chance outperform with persistence? Virtually every economist who studied this question answers with…
— Eugene Fama
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We are all part of the life cycle. Like a seed we are born, we sprout, we grow, we mature and decay, making room for…
— Margot Adler
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TV, and the culture it anchors, masks and drowns out the subtle and vital information contact with the real world once provided. There are lessons,…
— Bill McKibben
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I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that…
— Stephen Covey
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Franklin's illness...gave him strength and courage he had not had before. He had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn the greatest of…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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The customs of the Jews are base and abominable and owe their persistence to their depravity. Jews are extremely loyal to one another, always ready…
— Tacitus
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Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a…
— Paul Hawken
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You have to have the will not to jump at the first solution, because the really elegant solution might be right around the corner.
— Ray Dolby
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Individual and team discipline ultimately come down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time. Success is not a matter…
— Mike Hebert
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What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when…
— Alfred Adler
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If you are doing all you can to the fullest of your ability as well as you can, there is nothing else that is asked…
— Gary Zukav
Who Wrote These Persistence Quotes
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