(331 quotes found)
“The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.”
Phylicia Rashad
“Only actions performed with perseverance can ensure success. ”
Yajur Veda
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.”
Erica Jong
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
Chinese Proverbs
“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.”
Robert Benchley
“Paralyze resistance with persistence”
Woody Hayes
“Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright”
William Shakespeare
“Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually seem to have comic touches to the victim. Happiness probably consists largely in the capacity to detect and relish them.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.”
Lao Tzu
“Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent”
William Cobbett
