Quotes About Tenacity

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.

The more tenaciously I hold on to an old belief when I say I want to make a change, the more I know this is an important one for me to release.

what often distinguished great people of the arts wasn't genius, but perseverance.

It is ferocious, life, but it must eat . . .

Tough people don't die easily. You'll be surprised how much it takes to kill a strong human being.

Continual dropping wears away a stone.

Defeat appears to me preferable to total Inaction.

I've always considered myself to be the sturdy type. You know, the sort who can put up with any unpleasant situation if I have to.

I'd rather bore a hole to the center of the earth with my tongue.

It was a strange staging for death, for the woman on the high bed was dying. Slowly, fighting every inch of the way with a grim tenacity, but indubitably dying. Her vital ardour had sunk below the mark from which it could rise again, and was now ebbing as water runs from a little crack in a pitcher.

We must all be fighters and strugglers, Lewie, and it is better to wear out than to rust out. It is bad to let choice things become easily familiar; for, you know, familiarity is apt to beget a proverbial offspring. The

Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

Author Napoleon Hill noted, "Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit." To develop persistence over the long haul, you have to cultivate inward determination on a continual basis. And if you do, someday your story may be similar to one of these: •Admiral Peary attempted to reach the North Pole seven times before he made it on try number eight.

Effective leaders....always rise to a challenge. That's one of the things that separates winners from whiners.....Walton rose above it by solving his problems with creativity and tenacity. Anyone who expects the road to be easy will continually find himself in trouble.

Success expert Peter Lowe, who has gleaned success secrets from hundreds of people who are at the top of their profession, says, "The most common trait I have found in all successful people is that they have conquered the temptation to give up.

GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, EFFORT, AND PATIENCE TO A DIFFICULT TASK OR PROBLEM TODAY.

Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired. Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.

You learn resiliency and tenacity during tough assignments, not easy ones. When tough choices have to be made and results are difficult to achieve, leaders are forged.

No entender lo que usted quiere es un problema de conocimiento. No tratar de obtener lo que quiere es un problema de motivación. No lograr lo que quiere es un problema de persistencia.

focus and follow through.

Paul J. Meyer, founder of the Success Motivation Institute, says, "Ninety percent of those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

As Napoleon said, victory belongs to the most persevering.

When someone tries to tear you down, show them you get right back up because like steel, you may bend but you won't break.

Life is tough but you are tougher...