Patience And Persistence Quotes - Page 2

• Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspiration, Persistence, Best Effort

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• Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!

  Pete Maravich

  Patience, Dream, Character

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• Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

  Saadi

  Sports, Patience, Difficult And Easy

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• Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

  Criss Jami

  Patience, Passion, Persistence

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.100, Criss Jami

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• We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Patience, Wisdom

  Helen Keller (2016). “The Story of My Life”, p.111, Om Books International

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• The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Determination

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.

  Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

  Patience, Perseverance, Genius

  "New Cyclopædia of Illustrations". Book by Elon Foster, 1870.

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• Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

  Plautus

  Patience, Wisdom, Be Patient

  "The Rope". Play by Plautus, 211 BC.

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• Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

  Barack Obama

  Patience, Perseverance, Real

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  Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

  Harriet Tubman

  Inspiring, Dream, Passion

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• The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

  Albert Ellis

  Love, Relationship, Inspiring

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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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• Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.

  Joseph Pilates

  Successful, Persistence, Accomplishment

  Joseph H. Pilates, William John Miller (1998). “Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology”, Presentation Dynamics Incorporated

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• Wherever we are, we can call for and create these kinds of settings for authentic dialogue. This is the seedbed of social change. In a voiced community, we all flourish. But it's not easy. Revolutionary patience and persistence is required. It can be messy, it is unpredictable, and change, especially structural change takes time - time and leadership and the will of an engaged community. What is needed? In a word, courage.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Persistence, Community, Kind

  Source: therumpus.net

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• It's all about patience and persistence - you often have to expose a child to a new food numerous times before he or she will begin to like it. So keep trying!

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Persistence, Trying

  "Michelle Obama talks nutrition and 'wakeup call' moment in her family's past". Interview with Morgan Whitaker, www.aol.com. September 10, 2015.

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• Extreme patience and persistence are required,
  Yet everybody succeeds at this before being handed
  The surprise box lunch of the rest of his life.

  John Ashbery

  Life, Patience, Growing Up

  John Ashbery (1981). “Shadow train: poems”, Viking Adult

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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 will not have a successful career as an actor. The elusive thing you need is luck.

  Bryan Cranston

  Successful, Persistence, Careers

  "The Last Stand of Walter White". Interview with Brett Martin, www.gq.com. July 15, 2013.

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• One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards.

  Zig Ziglar

  Dream, Commitment, Persistence

  Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.1, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence - natural ability notwithstanding.

  Stephen Covey

  Real, Persistence, Practice

  Stephen R. Covey (1991). “Principle-centered leadership”, Free Press

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• Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again.

  David D. Burns

  Self Esteem, Believe, Persistence

  David D. Burns, M.D. (2013). “Ten Days to Self-Esteem: The Leader's Manual”, p.13, Harper Collins

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• As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end.

  Paul Kane

  Patience, Persistence, Winning

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