Persistence Quotes - Page 5

• Great beginnings are not as important as the way one finishes.

  James Dobson

  Wisdom, Important, Way

  James Dobson (2000). “Stories of Heart and Home”, p.100, Harper Collins

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• "Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement

  "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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• You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Why Not Try God?", Chapter 6 (newspaper serial) in St. Petersburg Times, sect. 2, p. 3, news.google.com. January 25, 1936.

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• Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.

  Martin Seligman

  Giving Up, Believe, Failure

  Martin E.P. Seligman (2011). “Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life”, p.162, Vintage

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Men

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

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• Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle!

  Sanya Richards-Ross

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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  If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

  Jesse Jackson

  Motivational, Moving On, Success

  "Q&A: The Rev Jesse Jackson". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2012.

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• No great thing is created suddenly.

  Epictetus

  Perseverance, Inspirational Life, Philosophical

  Epictetus (1964). “The Moral Discourses of Epictetus”

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• Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best for Last". Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr., March 1, 1991.

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• I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, People, Grace

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• Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

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• Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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• Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

  James Whitcomb Riley

  Motivational, Determination, Winning

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• The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Perseverance, Jobs

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.70, Penguin

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• When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people.

  Kiana Tom

  Inspirational, Hard Work, Successful

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

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

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• Victory belongs to the most persevering.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  "Excellent Quotations for Home and School" by Julia B. Hoitt, (p. 51), 1888.

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  Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

  Sam Ewing

  Motivational, Success, Attitude

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• The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.91, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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

  Albert Ellis

  Love, Relationship, Inspiring

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• You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

  Isaac Asimov

  Work, Writing, Rejection

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• Life is just the same as learning to swim. Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!

  Alfred Adler

  Mistake, Swim, Way

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• It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down

  Carl Brashear

  Motivational, Perseverance, Rising

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• Full effort is full victory.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Effort, Victory

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.154, A&C Black

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