1,034 Quotes About Persistence

Your dreams have to be like a cockroach, they have to be hard to kill and you have to be like that pesky mosquito that doesn't know when to give up.

Luck and fortune are always on the side of the persistent.

If you chase after your dreams, your heels must be cushioned by resilience.

Life is just the same as learning to swim. Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!

Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience.

You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.

In one and the same fire, clay grows hard and wax melts.

Lions don't have to roar. There is power in silence, confidence, and persistence. Those who work don't talk, and those who talk don't work. Handle your business. Measure your efforts by results. Focus your time, energy, and activity on mastering and executing a plan.

You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter.