Quotes About Tenacity

Lady Underhill, having said all she had to say, recovered her breath and began to say it again. Frequent iteration was one of her strongest weapons. As her brother Edwin, who was fond of homely imagery, had often observed, she could talk the hind-leg off a donkey. You

Most of the Underhills came into the world looking as though they meant to drive their way through life like a wedge.

I never once approached greatness, but toward the end of my career, I was always in the game.

Patricia C. McKissack

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. —WINSTON CHURCHILL

When on a long trek, it's okay to quit whenever you like, as long as your feet keep moving.

after some time continually driving them from me, and letting

Todo lo que usted debe saber es si seguirá adelante cuando las cosas resulten frustrantes. Yo creo que, dado un determinado nivel de inteligencia, el logro real no depende tanto del talento como de la capacidad de seguir adelante a pesar de los fracasos».

Lo que parece diferenciar a quienes se encuentran en la cúspide de su carrera de aquéllos otros que, teniendo una capacidad similar, no alcanzan esa cota, radica en la práctica ardua y rutinaria seguida a lo largo de años y años. Y esta perseverancia depende fundamentalmente de factores emocionales, como el entusiasmo y la tenacidad frente a todo tipo de contratiempos.

The only question now is: How much can I hang on to?

My anger was an exciting feeling, and I didn't give it up easily. I was ready to fight.

Minha raiva era um sentimento empolgante, e eu não a abandonaria facilmente. Eu estava pronto para brigar.

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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no less of enthusiasm.

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said: 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock, and I'll tell you.'

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Anyone can given up; It's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart. That's true strength.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Find though she be but little, she is fierce.

It doesn't matter how slowly you go – as long as you don't stop!

Failure doesn't kill you…it increase your desire to make something happen.

The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.