Quotes About Persistence

I bought the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I paid to have it made into a play and I played in it for six months. I came back and I tried to make it into a movie, without success.

Success is a worn down pencil.

Impatience never commanded success.

No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.

Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance.

You get rich because you do things most people will not do. Success requires sacrifice. You must be willing to make those sacrifices.

If you believe in your company. If you believe in your product. If you believe in yourself. Then you can march to success.

There are no quick wins in business - it takes years to become an overnight success.

Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.

No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself.

Success requires first expending 10 units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce 10 units of results with each unit of effort.

As I became more mature I realized that failure is part of success.

I suppose I passed it a hundred times, But I always stop for a minute. And look at the house, the tragic house, The house with nobody in it.

Failure is nothing but success trying to be born in a bigger way. Most seeming failures are just installments toward victory!

Success doesn't sneak up on us; it starts as a dream that we combine with a clear plan of action.

Chase excellence, success will follow

Success is never on discount! Greatness is never on sale! Greatness is never half off! It's all or nothing! It's all day, every day! Greatness is never on discount!

Most people are searching for a path to success that is both easy and certain. Most paths are neither.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.