Quotes About Tenacity

Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.

A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.

Power isn't just about going forward. It's about not letting anything hold you back.

The power of determination will make you unstoppable.

Power is not given to you. You have to take it.

Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts.

If somebody's going to tell me I can't do something, I'll break every bone in my body proving them wrong.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

Waarom huilen? Beter nooit huilen. Er is maar één keus: het loodje leggen of volhouden. Als je eenmaal hebt besloten vol te houden, huil dan niet. Nooit opgeven, nooit en nooit en nooit. Het is trouwens de vraag of je dit kan beslissen. Waarschijnlijk is het leven een brok lijm, waarin je bijt en waaruit je je tanden nooit meer los kan trekken.

If he give me credit for being a plodder he will describe me justly. Anything beyond that will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go

I've been through hell and just barely got scorched.

Persistence wears down resistance.

Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try again; If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again; Then your courage should appear, For, if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear; Try, try again.

It has been said that it's hard to stop a man who knows he's in the right and just keeps on coming. Smoke knew he was right - and he kept on coming.

leaning hard into the wind in order to complete the job expected of him. He was an Eagle

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

don't have fights. I have wars.' To Harkness

If We Quit Trying, It All Goes in the Sh-tter.

The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence," he liked to

Reluctance to go for the jugular and willingness to accept defeat can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you are reluctant to fight, you are inevitably headed toward defeat when the other side is relentless and despises you. It is only for those who persist in the battle and never let up that the possibility of changing the result comes into view. In

La suma de lo virtual y de lo postergado es la tenacidad de la escritura.

It's how we train." "To drown?" "To never quit. Ever.