Quotes About Persistence

That's why successful people in every field are almost universally members of a certain set—the set of people who don't give up.

a thousand years without a bath.

Michael Jordan once said, "I've missed more than nine thousand shots in my career. I've lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

The reason is, when there is a hard problem, one has to work a long time and has to be persistent. In order to be persistent, you have got to be convinced that it's worthwhile working so hard, that you're going to get somewhere.

Thomas Edison is often said to have advised, "To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

recent years psychologists have found that the ability to persist in the face of obstacles is at least as important a factor in success as talent.

you want to succeed, double your failure rate." I

What I've learned, above all, is to keep marching forward because the best news is that since chance does play a role, one important factor in success is under our control: the number of at bats, the number of chances taken, the number of opportunities seized.

Or as the IBM pioneer Thomas Watson said, "If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.

IBM pioneer Thomas Watson said, "If you want to succeed, double your failure rate." I

You can't up-up-and-away in creativity and innovation without spending down-on-the-ground time in the muck and the mire.

Time stays long enough for those who use it.

Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve.

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and made things happen.

Tell me if anything was ever done... Tell me... Tell me.

Obstacles cannot crush me...he who is fixed to a star does not change his mind

Perché la minestra si fredda.

People of accomplishments rarely sit back and let things happen to them. They go out and happen to things.

The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.

Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

It's not over until you win

Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.