2,087 Quotes About Perseverance

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

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.

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

With The Guess Who, it took us fifty-something singles before we had hits.

I also know, as an entrepreneur myself, you face new obstacles every day and you need to have the perseverance to see them through.

But a dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down--very important traits in times like these. In fact, just as soon as a dog comes along who, in addition to these qualities, also knows when to buy and sell stocks, he can be moved right up to the boy's bedroom and the boy can sleep in the dog house.

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.

Try again. Fail again. Try better.

The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.