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Quotes About Persistence

Time is a beast who has the immense patience to swallow everything.
~ Octavian Paler
You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long, time.
~ Charlie Munger
For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
You need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.
~ Warren Buffett
Every time you quit, someone else gets your prize. Every time you make a mistake, you get closer to yours.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?
~ Leon Uris
Breaking the cycle takes time. Be Patient and Gentle with yourself. Set long term goals. And be persistent! Remember to Stretch, Laugh and be Unshakable!
~ Sathya Sai Baba
The Grand Canyon is living evidence of the power of water over a period of time. The power may not manifest immediately. Water can be very powerful, like a tidal wave.
~ Frederick Lenz
I do not think that a flight across the Atlantic will be made in our time, and in our time I include the youngest readers.
~ Charles Rolls
Every time I read the paper those old feelings come on.We are waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool says to push on.
~ Pete Seeger
Still, something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk.
~ John Grisham
Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might be expected, that it takes only more time and patience commonly than to travel the smoothest highway.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will never send us empty away.
~ J. C. Ryle
People try new things all the time. By now, the people who succeed have to be very sophisticated.
~ Sergey Brin
Little strokes fell great oaks.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.
~ Adlai E. Stevenson
You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before you, and say to yourself, 'What they could do, I can do.'
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Undervaluations caused by neglect or prejudice may persist for an inconveniently long time, and the same applies to inflated prices caused by over-enthusiasm or artificial stimulants.
~ Benjamin Graham
Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought.
~ Charles K. Kao
Young man, I am afraid you are wasting your time. If there were any more planets they would have been found long before this.
~ Clyde Tombaugh
I never analyze it. Analyzing it would just be a waste of time. I just go out and do it.
~ Johnny Carson
Mamoru, please say it once more. -Usagi Again? But I've said it 50 times! -Mamoru Please? One more time? -Usagi Okay, for the last time. Marry me, Usagi. -Mamoru
~ Naoko Takeuchi
I've known a whole lot of bulls in my time, and their work is never done.
~ Robert Earl Keen