Perseverance Quotes - Page 38

• My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right.

  Elaine Paige

  Dad, My Dad

  "Portrait of the Artist: Elaine Paige, Actor". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2007.

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• All ancient books which have once been called sacred by man, will have their lasting place in the history of mankind, and those who possess the courage, the perseverance, and the self-denial of the true miner, and of the true scholar, will find even in the darkest and dustiest shafts what they are seeking for,-real nuggets of thought, and precious jewels of faith and hope.

  Max Muller

  Real, Book, Persistence

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• Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Persistence, Brutes, Patience And Perseverance

  Jean de La Fontaine, James Michie (1979). “La Fontaine: Selected”, Viking Adult

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• So, I mean to say, as for those who are proving their allegiance with what I would call sickening perseverance, and who are urging the president to brush away the constitution, those I would like to remind of a Russian proverb: "Don't spit into the well, it'll come in handy once you're thirsty.

  Vladimir Posner

  Mean, President, Constitution

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• That's what perseverance is. You go through some tough times and you fight through it. And now, it's over. It's over.

  Trot Nixon

  Fighting, Tough Times, Over It

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• Running has taken me on adventures great and small, at home and around the world. It has provided me with hope and perseverance on days when I had none-and even, once every great while, warmed me with that fleeting ray of sunshine known as glory. Running has taught me that I can do anything, just so long as I keep putting one foot in front of the other. Sometimes that notion is metaphorical and sometimes not. In this way, I have been inspired to attempt things I would have never dreamed possible. And it all started with a single step.

  Martin Dugard

  Motivational, Running, Taken

  Martin Dugard (2011). “To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking On a 5-K Makes You a Better Person (and the World a Better Place)”, p.7, Rodale

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• To write is, indeed, no unpleasing employment, when one sentiment readily produces another, and both ideas and expressions present themselves at the first summons; but such happiness, the greatest genius does not always obtain; and common writers know it only to such a degree, as to credit its possibility. Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.

  Samuel Johnson

  Writing, Expression, Ideas

  Samuel Johnson (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson: The adventurer and idler”, p.145

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• Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

  Samuel Smiles

  Spring, Blessing, Light

  Samuel Smiles (1864). “Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.209

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• I believe that anyone who is serious and committed to pay the price of learning, discipline and taking the right actions in the right order and at the right times can achieve and become financially successful. In addition, having perseverance and relentless pursuit are great qualities ... that will help.

  John Assaraf

  Believe, Successful, Pay The Price

  FaceBook post by John Assaraf from Jul 09, 2010

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• If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.

  George Lucas

  Successful, Thinking, Keys

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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• I was turned down by every record label in L.A. Perseverance is three quarters of the game. Talent's only a quarter. Being able to withstand the word 'no' over and over can build you a pretty tough skin. I knew if I just kept at it, at the very least I'd get better at my craft.

  Sheryl Crow

  Games, Skins, Get Better

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• Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.

  Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

  Patience, Genius, Hold Fast

  "New Cyclopædia of Illustrations". Book by Elon Foster, 1870.

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• I am proud to represent people who care so deeply about their communities. Their perseverance and strength only motivates me more as their representative in Congress.

  Martha Roby

  People, Community, Care

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• Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do I mean by that? I mean perseverance, motivation, self-esteem, and hard work.

  James Heckman

  Motivation, Self Esteem, Mean

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• All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Art, Achievement, Effort

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• Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than talents and accomplishments.

  Edwin Percy Whipple

  Accomplishment, Talent, Social

  Edwin Percy Whipple (1866). “Character and Characteristic Men”, p.14

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• to maintain success, stamina is more important than talent. You have to learn to be a marathon runner.

  Joan Rivers

  Success, Important, Endurance

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• In every human endeavor, persistence is everything.

  Joan Rivers

  Persistence, Endeavor, Humans

  Joan Rivers (1997). “Bouncing back: I've survived everything-- and I mean everything-- and you can too!”, Thorndike Pr

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• One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.

  Carolyn Wells

  Principles, Firsts, Stubbornness

  Carolyn Wells (1937). “The Rest of My Life”

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• Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.

  Molly Ivins

  Honesty, Nice, Hands

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• Fortunes are made, if I the facts may state--
  Though poor myself, I know the fortunate:
  First, there's a knowledge of the way from whence
  Good fortune comes--and this is sterling sense:
  Then perseverance, never to decline
  The chase of riches till the prey is thine;
  And firmness never to be drawn away
  By any passion from that noble prey--
  By love, ambition, study, travel, fame,
  Or the vain hope that lives upon a name.

  George Crabbe

  Ambition, Passion, Names

  George Crabbe (1839). “The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume”, p.364

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• Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.

  Misty Copeland

  Powerful, Hard Work, Thinking

  Source: bknation.org

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• Clarity and perseverance are difficult in American society because the basis of capitalism is greed and dissatisfaction.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Greed, Clarity, Difficult

  Natalie Goldberg (1990). “Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life”, Bantam

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• It is a human thing to sin, but perseverance in sin is a thing of the devil.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Devil, Sin, Humans

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• I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

  Maria Mitchell

  Ordinary, Capacity, Extraordinary

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