Perseverance Quotes - Page 31

• One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.

  Edward Burgess Butler

  Motivational, Leadership, Inspiration

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• If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

  William Edward Hickson

  Inspirational, Success, Persistence

  "Try and Try Again". Poem by William Edward Hickson,

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• Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

  A. A. Milne

  Inspirational, Life, Patience

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• Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.

  John C. Bogle

  Life, Motivational, Intelligent

  John C. Bogle (2010). “Common Sense on Mutual Funds”, p.112, John Wiley & Sons

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• Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we get faint-hearted and quit praying at the point where we ought to begin. We let go at the very point where we should hold on strongest. Our prayers are weak because they are not impassioned by an unfailing and resistless will.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Letting Go, Jesus, Prayer

  Edward McKendree Bounds (1920). “Purpose in Prayer”, p.41, CCEL

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• Prayer is the acid test of the inner man's strength. A strong spirit is capable of praying much and praying with all perseverance until the answer comes. A weak one grows weary and fainthearted in the maintenance of praying.

  Watchman Nee

  Strong, Prayer, Men

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.356, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck - who keeps right on going - is the man who is there when the good luck comes - and is ready to receive it.

  Robert Collier

  Business, Good Luck, Men

  Robert Collier (2012). “The Secret of the Ages”, p.220, Courier Corporation

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• Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

  Paul Cellucci

  Struggle, Sacrifice, Years

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• Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.

  Brian Tracy

  Giving Up, Failure, Don't Give Up

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Apr 23, 2014

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• If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

  Thomas Watson, Jr.

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

  "Managing technology products" by Joseph Mancuso, (p. 160), 1975.

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• Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Giving Up, Regret, Don't Give Up

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.288, Wildside Press LLC

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• Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty.

  George W. Bush

  Success, Congratulations, Liberty

  Announces Capture of Saddam Hussein, delivered on 14 December 2003 from the Cabinet Room

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• The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance. As yet, no short cut has ever been discovered.

  Joseph F. Lamb

  Congratulations, Humility, Cutting

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• It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Nichomachean Ethics (c. 330 b.c.).

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• If you focus on the obstacles, then you give them more power. Instead focus on your purpose, on your most authentic and fundamental intentions.

  Ralph Marston

  Success, Determination, Giving

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• We strain hardest for things which are almost but not quite within our reach.

  Frederick William Faber

  Success, Determination, Achievement

  "Spiritual conferences".

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• Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.

  John C. Maxwell

  Success, Determination, Hard Work

  John C. Maxwell (2014). “Success: One Day at a Time”, p.65, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.”

  Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom

  Success, Determination, Pain

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• The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.

  Seth Godin

  Determination, People, Important

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.62, Penguin

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• If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way.

  Lance Armstrong

  Motivational, Determination, Optimistic

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• Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

  Plutarch

  Inspiring, Sports, Determination

  Plutarch, William Watson Goodwin (1870). “Plutarch's Morals”, p.6, Boston : Little, Brown

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• It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.

  Charles Kettering

  Cute, Motivational Sports, Giving Up

  Charles Franklin Kettering (1961). “Prophet of progress: selections from the speeches of Charles F. Kettering”

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• Remember, you only have to succeed the last time.

  Brian Tracy

  Success, Giving Up, Failure

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Oct 12, 2012

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Education, Teaching, Persistence

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

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