(292 quotes found)
“So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.”
Sun Tzu
“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.”
Napoleon Hill
“Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.”
James Whitcomb Riley
“The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Thus to persistIn doing wrong extenuates not wrong,But makes it much more heavy.”
William Shakespeare
“I think perseverance and persistence is the key to everything. If there is something you really want to do, and you work hard enough I think you can definitely get there.”
Kaila Yu
“When life knocks you down you have two choices- stay down or get up.”
Tom Krause
“The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.”
Milton Glaser
“Persist as resolutely as you persist in eating”
Maori Proverb
“Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject the doctrine it no longer believes, it will continue to feel the same sentiments formerly associated with that doctrine.”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
