Quotes About Tenacity

Life only demands from the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

Persistence is the master virtue. Without it, there is no other.

Continuous efforts-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential.

A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.

I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop?

Business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt and lacked the stamina to finish. Their places were taken by patient and unshowy plodders who never knew when to quit.

The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You give ioo percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

No one ever did anything worth doing unless he was prepared to go on with it long after it became something of a bore.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before.

If something doesn't come up the way you want, you have to forge ahead.

This man Wellington is so stupid he does not know when he is beaten, and goes on fighting.

He never knew when he was whipped ... so he never was.

There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat.

There was no such thing as defeat if you didn't accept it.

Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never.... In nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions or honor and good sense!

It's not worthy of human beings to give up.

Never admit defeat!

To be somebody you must last.

He conquers who endures.

The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last in it, and not be smashed by it.