Hard Work And Persistence Quotes

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

Colin Powell

Motivational, Dream, Determination

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To succeed, you must have tremendous perserverance... tremendous will. "I will drink the ocean", says the perservering soul; at my will mountains will crumble. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.

Swami Vivekananda

Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

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Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Vince Lombardi

Sports, Respect, Football

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Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

Newt Gingrich

Stay Strong, Perseverance, Determination

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If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

William Feather

Success, Perseverance, Hard Work

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Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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The harder I work the more I live.

George Bernard Shaw

Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Horace Mann

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Colin Powell

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Edward Eggleston

Change, Success, Running

Edward Eggleston (1874). “The Circuit Rider: A Tale of the Heroic Age”, p.128

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Success ... seems to be connected with action.

Conrad Hilton

Success, Perseverance, Mistake

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The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

Dale Carnegie

Success, Persistence, Will And Determination

Dale Carnegie, J. Oliver Crom, Michael A. Crom (2003). “The Sales Advantage: How to Get It, Keep It, and Sell More Than Ever”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Stephen Leacock

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

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I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Confucius

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1888). “Longfellow's Days: The Longfellow Prose Birthday Book : Extracts from the Journals and Letters of H. W. Longfellow”

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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Ann Landers

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work.

Ozwald Boateng

Dream, Determination, Work

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Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

Malcolm Gladwell

Giving Up, Hard Work, Persistence

"Outliers". Book by Malcolm Gladwell, November 18, 2008.

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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

Booker T. Washington

Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

Booker T. Washington (2012). “Up from Slavery”, p.91, Courier Corporation

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