Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Baker Eddy

The lives of great men and women are miracles of patience and perseverance.

Marshall Field

Twelve Priceless Qualities of Success: 1. The value of time. 2. The success of perseverance. 3. The pleasure of working. 4. The dignity of simplicity. 5. The worth of character. 6. The power of kindness. 7. The influence of example. 8. The obligation of duty. 9. The wisdom of economy. 10. The virtue of patience. 11. The improvement of talent. 12. The joy of originating.

Marva Collins

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

Nicholas Sparks

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

Marilyn Monroe

Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.

Marian Wright Edelman

Don't wait for, expect, or rely on favors. Count on earning them by hard work and perseverance.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward!

Mark Victor Hansen

You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.

Mark Hoppus

Hard work, studying and perseverance will get you no where in life......it's all about kissing ass

Publilius Syrus

Practice is the best of all instructors.

Leonardo da Vinci

Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.

Patrick Ness

It's not how we fall. It's how we get back up again.

Lakshmi Mittal

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.

Paul Cellucci

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 Brunton

Deep down within the heart there is a stillness which is healing, a trust in the universal laws which is unwavering, and a strength which is rock-like. But because it is so deep we need both patience and perseverance when digging for it.

Kenny Marchant

I wish the Peace Corps and its volunteers continued success and perseverance. We are grateful for their contributions to society and dedication to providing assistance where it is needed. May the Peace Corps continue its legacy of service, both at home and abroad.

Margaret Thatcher

This lady is not for turning.

B. C. Forbes

To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.

Peter McWilliams

To change rules that are already in place takes time, energy, perseverance and a lot of hard work. You only have so many of these assets at your disposal, so choose with care the rules you want to change.

Peter McWilliams

Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus.

Plotinus

Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat.

Plutarch

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

Nathaniel Branden

For children mastery entails struggle. This means they must be permitted to struggle. If parents inappropriately step in to "help"-out of impatience or solicitude-they sabotage important learning. Among other things, the child is unlikely to discover the advantages of perseverance and self-discipline.

Shaquille O'Neal

Excellence is a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Li Bingbing

Perseverance is my biggest lesson. When I started to get involved in environmental protection some years ago, my people did not take it seriously and they never considered it important. But today, people look at what I do and they truly recognize those efforts, and eventually they join you as "environmental activists" too!

Neil Postman

...there must be a sequence to learning, that perseverance and a certain measure of perspiration are indispensable, that individual pleasures must frequently be submerged in the interests of group cohesion, and that learning to be critical and to think conceptually and rigorously do not come easily to the young but are hard-fought victories.

Thomas A. Edison

I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.

Thomas A. Edison

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Natalie Goldberg

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

Tanya Tucker

I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success.

Takeshi Kitano

I always come to conclusions very fast. Well, that is one way of thinking, and the other way would be that I lack the necessary perseverance to stick to one thing that really fits me. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing.

Peter S. Beagle

I always say perseverance is nine-tenths of any art — not that it's much help to be nine-tenths an artist, of course.