Persistent Quotes

271 quotes by 236 authors

Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event. — George Gissing
Men have been barbarians much longer than they have been civilized. They are only precariously civilized, and within us there is the propensity, persistent as… — Walter Lippmann
Passive perception promotes pessimism; Persistent perseverance promises prosperity — Yatin Patel
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed. — Seneca the Younger
The fact of the religious vision, and its history of persistent expansion, is our one ground for optimism. Apart from it, human life is a… — Alfred North Whitehead
Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of stones and bullets-if… — W. E. B. Du Bois
One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad news. — Frank Rich
Perfecting and selling your writing is a lifelong task. If you are a persistent writer, you can expect your abilities to improve with time. Success… — Winston Churchill
To be honest, one can only feel glad that so many modern iconoclasts consider Christianity to be full of exceptionally hypocritical, religious zealots - it's… — Criss Jami
I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the… — Naguib Mahfouz
Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room… — Witold Rybczynski
Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man. Excellence in any art or profession is attained only by hard… — Theodore Martin
Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution. — Giacomo Leopardi
Far be it from me to suggest that geologists should be reckless in their drafts upon the bank of Time; but nothing whatever is gained,… — Charles Lapworth
All land, no matter what has happened to it, has over it a grace, an absolutely persistent beauty. — Robert Adams
Oh, the glory of growth, silent, mighty, persistent, inevitable! To awaken, to open up like a flower to the light of a fuller consciousness! — Emily Carr
I'm hard-nosed about luck...If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost always make your own fortune. — Jerry Della Femina
But the instinct of hoarding, like all other instincts, tends to become hypertrophied and perverted; and with the institution of private property comes another institution-that… — William Ralph Inge
The most persistent principles in the universe are accident and error. — Frank Herbert

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