Persistence Quotes

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

Ted W. Engstrom

If you haven't struck oil in the first three minutes - stop boring!

George Jessel

Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised to find how far off they are, for they do not look it. When they first showed last night I tried to knock some down with a pole, but it didn't reach, which astonished me. Then I tried clods till I was all tired out, but I never got one. I did make some close shots, for I saw the black blot of the clod sail right into thee midst of the golden clusters forty or fifty times, just barely missing them, and if I could've held out a little longer, maybe I could've got one.

Mark Twain

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.

Mark Twain

This lady is not for turning.

Margaret Thatcher

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Margaret Thatcher

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Margaret Thatcher

Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

Claude Pepper, (attributed)

Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.

E. Joseph Cossman

They, that unnamed they, they've knocked me down but I got up. I always get up -- and I swear when I went down quite often I took the fall; nothing moves a mountain but itself. They, I've long ago named them me.

Gregory Corso

Illegitimis non carborundum.Lat., Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Gen. Joseph Stilwell

Failure is the path of lease persistence.

Anonymous

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

Sydney J. Harris

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Henry Ward Beecher

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

George Eliot

It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.

Robert Strauss

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.

Lord Chesterfield

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Livy

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Julie Andrews