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Quotes About Persistence

Vincit qui patitur: he conquers, who endures.
~ Percy Cerutty
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.
~ Confucius
Failure plus failure plus failure equals success. You only fail when you quit.
~ Jack Hyles
I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
~ Mae West
Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness
~ Abdul Kalam
The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.
~ Harry Allen Overstreet
We were very aggressive, and when we're aggressive, it's hard to stop us.
~ Kerri Walsh
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
~ Ovid
Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
~ Emil Zatopek
Desire presses ever forward unsubdued.
~ Sigmund Freud
Your most vauluable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.
~ Brian Tracy
When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.
~ Larry Ellison
Try a little harder to be a little better.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it.
~ Don King
Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.
~ Dhirubhai Ambani
Dreams don't have an expiration date.
~ David Niven
Like a bird with broken wing that has traveled through wind for years . . . I sleep and my heart stays awake . . .
~ Giorgos Seferis
Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming.
~ Tom Hiddleston
In knowing how to overcome little things, a centimeter at a time, gradually when bigger things come, you're prepared.
~ Katherine Dunham
I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.
~ Thomas A. Edison
If the Angel deigns to appear, it will be because you have convinced him, not by tears but by your humble resolve to be always beginning — to be a Beginner!
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
When it can't be done, do it. If you don't do it, it doesn't exist.
~ Paul Arden
When the going gets tough that should be your inspirational reason to drive on.
~ Jon Jones