Top persistence Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of persistence quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Earl Nightingale
By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist.
- Earl Nightingale
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Image of Christopher Pike
Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries.
- Christopher Pike
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Image of Louis Sachar
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.
- Louis Sachar
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Image of Ralph Marston
Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.
- Ralph Marston
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Image of Mark Victor Hansen
Continued persistence overcomes almost all resistance.
- Mark Victor Hansen
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Image of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The secret of success is conviction and persistence.
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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Image of Richard DeVos
Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.
- Richard DeVos
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Image of Walter Kirn
At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound similar. They aren't. Confidence is what politicians, seducers and currency speculators have, but persistence is a quality found in termites. It's the blind drive to keep on working that persists after confidence breaks down.
- Walter Kirn
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Image of Debi Thomas
You can accomplish anything with pure persistence and drive.
- Debi Thomas
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Image of Craig Newmark
There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people.
- Craig Newmark
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Image of Craig Newmark
We don't have much in the way of a business strategy. Like no business plan. Which I say to torment all my friends who are VCs or MBAs. That's always entertaining. The deal is, it's a mixture of luck and persistence.
- Craig Newmark
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Image of James Arthur Ray
It’s easier to have courage and trust the process when you feel you’re making headway. Mastery is not persistence when you see a light at the end of the tunnel. True mastery is persistence when you don’t yet see the light.
- James Arthur Ray
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Image of Jim Lovell
I never thought I didn't have a card to play.
- Jim Lovell
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Image of Francis Galton
The conditions that direct the order of . . . the living world . . . are marked by their persistence in improving the birthright of successive generations.
- Francis Galton
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Image of Walter Inglis Anderson
Focus on the solution, not the problem
- Walter Inglis Anderson
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Image of Les Brown
Lions don't have to roar. There is power in silence, confidence, and persistence. Those who work don't talk, and those who talk don't work. Handle your business. Measure your efforts by results. Focus your time, energy, and activity on mastering and executing a plan.
- Les Brown
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Image of John Baldoni
From the hindsight of history George Washington seems larger than life, more statuesque than man. Too bad! Washington's greatness as a leader was courage under fire and persistence in the face of obstacles. Yet even he at times doubted himself. But he put those doubts aside and forged ahead, convinced of his noble purpose.
- John Baldoni
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Image of Robert M. Lindner
How protean are the devices available to human intelligence when it lends itself to the persistence of the conformist error.
- Robert M. Lindner
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Image of Alan Webb
Persistence is the soul of a champion.
- Alan Webb
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Image of Kelly Cutrone
When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.
- Kelly Cutrone
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Image of Walter J. Phillips
Difficulties will assail you only when you lack in concentration and persistence.
- Walter J. Phillips
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Image of Peter Block
The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty.
- Peter Block
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Image of Mark Suster
Persistence, persistence, persistence. I'm surprised how few entrepreneurs follow up.
- Mark Suster
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Image of David Weinberger
The Internet is a medium only at the bit level. At the human level, it is a conversation that, because of the persistence and linkedness of pages, has elements of a world. It could only be a medium if we absolutely didn't care about it.
- David Weinberger
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Image of Piero Ferrucci
How often-even before we began-have we declared a task 'impossible'? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate?...A great deal depends upon the thought patterns we choose and on the persistence with which we affirm them.
- Piero Ferrucci
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Image of Dermot Mulroney
I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being prepared when you are asked to jump on a project. There isn't any one rule that I follow. Obviously, I'll always shoot to work with the best actors, directors and filmmakers. I've been incredibly lucky to be able to do that.
- Dermot Mulroney
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Image of Eugene Fama
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 a resounding 'no.'
- Eugene Fama
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Image of Ryan Holiday
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 until you take the impenetrable fortress you’ve decided to lay siege to in your own life—that’s persistence.
- Ryan Holiday
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Image of Margot Adler
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 future generations who, like seedlings, are reborn through us. As for the persistence of consciousness, deep down, I thought, 'How can we know?' Perhaps we simply return to the elements; we become earth and air and fire and water. That seemed all right to me.
- Margot Adler
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Image of Ray Dolby
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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Image of Terry Matthews
I don't think I'm stubborn. I just focus on the task at hand and do what it takes. Persistence is the single most important thing for success.
- Terry Matthews
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Image of Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
We are born in this world to lose as well as to gain, to have happiness as well as misery. Enrich your mind by understanding this and improve, gaining stability thereby.
- Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
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Image of John Gruber
You have to keep plugging away. We are all growing. There is no shortcut. You have to put time into it to build an audience.
- John Gruber
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Image of B. C. Forbes
How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
- B. C. Forbes
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Image of Gary Ryan
Success in any endeavor does not happen by accident. Rather, it’s the result of deliberate decisions, conscious effort, and immense persistence...all directed at specific goals.
- Gary Ryan
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Image of Marc Lamont Hill
We must talk about how sexism and patriarchy operate in conjunction with state violence. Until we're honest about that, and do something to resist, we're complicit in the persistence of oppression.
- Marc Lamont Hill
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Image of Jessica Walsh
Have the confidence to fail. Persistence is key.
- Jessica Walsh
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Image of James Dyson
There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it look like a quantum leap.
- James Dyson
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Image of Jules Feiffer
Eventually, if it's on your mind, you stumble on it. You need a certain amount of luck and persistence.
- Jules Feiffer
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Image of Nassau William Senior
To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will.
- Nassau William Senior
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Image of Lesley Garrett
My mum used to say to me, 'Spit on yer 'ands and take a fresh 'old.' Keep going even if you have setbacks.
- Lesley Garrett
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Image of Darren LaCroix
All I had was persistence. Turns out that's all you need.
- Darren LaCroix
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Image of Tom Shippey
While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate.
- Tom Shippey
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Image of Seth Godin
Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.
- Seth Godin
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Image of Daniel Goleman
Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.
- Daniel Goleman
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Image of Stephen Young
Persistence goes a lot farther than brains.
- Stephen Young
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Image of Ken Evoy
Persistence is nothing more than staying in motion
- Ken Evoy
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Image of Paul J. Meyer
90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.
- Paul J. Meyer
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Image of Curly Howard
If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.
- Curly Howard
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