Determination And Persistence Quotes

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Victor Hugo

Motivational, Success, Being Strong

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He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

Leonardo da Vinci

Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.250, GENERAL PRESS

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We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.

Tobias Wolff

Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.

Paul J. Meyer

Weakness, Problem, Drive And Determination

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An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Thomas Fuller

Inspirational, Motivational, Determination

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.

Alexander Graham Bell

Positive, Spiritual, Determination

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Will Durant

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

Gail Devers

Motivational, Faith, Sports

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

B. C. Forbes

Inspirational, Perseverance, Courage

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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

Marie Curie

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse, November 30, 1936.

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If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Basketball, Running

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Elbert Hubbard

Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

Elbert Hubbard (2005). “Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things”, p.29, Cosimo, Inc.

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Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

Denis Waitley

Determination, Wrestling, Giving

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I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Life, Tattoo

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If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

Richard DeVos

Perseverance, Determination, Adversity

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Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

Denis Waitley

Inspirational, Success, Determination

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The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

James Whitcomb Riley

Motivational, Perseverance, Determination

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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Herbert Kaufman

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Inspirational, Life, Crush

Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.250, GENERAL PRESS

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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

William James

Running, Dream, Inspirational Sports

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"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Mary Pickford

Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement

"Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Mary Pickford

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Why Not Try God?", Chapter 6 (newspaper serial) in St. Petersburg Times, sect. 2, p. 3, news.google.com. January 25, 1936.

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