1,034 Quotes About Persistence

Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do

Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.

What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger.

Straight white males: that's the predominant moviegoing category, and the persistence of that is a dismaying maintenance of the status quo.

For a long time I had not approached the forbidden fruit called happiness, but it was now tempting me with a melancholy persistence. I felt as though Sonoko were an abyss above which I stood poised.

We don't have much in the way of a business strategy. Like no business plan. Which I say to torment all my friends who are VCs or MBAs. That's always entertaining. The deal is, it's a mixture of luck and persistence.

There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people.

The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government is not disqualified from acting in response to it.

Often, failure is success trying to be born in a bigger way, and persistence helps you to experience that greater result.