42 Persistence Quotes
- We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough. – Helen Keller
- Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time. – Marabel Morgan
- The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. – Roger Bannister
- Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries. – Christopher Pike
- For now you know one of the greatest principles of success; if you persist long enough you will win. – Og Mandino
- Do it badly; do it slowly; do it fearfully; do it any way you have to, but do it. – Steve Chandler
- Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. – Benjamin Franklin
- If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. – Flavia Weedn
- No great achievement is possible without persistent work. – Bertrand Russell
- Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- It is by tiny steps that we ascend the stars. – Jack Leedstrom
- It’s not how low you fall, but how quickly and often you optimize that counts. – Rosalene Glickman, Ph.D.
- Focus on the solution, not the problem. – Walter Anderson
- Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. – Newt Gingrich
- Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. – Christopher Morley
- If you are doing all you can to the fullest of your ability as well as you can, there is nothing else that is asked of a soul. – Gary Zukav
- Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. – Napoleon Hill
- As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big. – Donald Trump
- If you consistently do the best you can, with integrity, you will regret less and move forward with greater ease. – Brian Koslow
- You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. – Marina Wright Edelman
- It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. – Confucius
- I believe that persistent effort, supported by a character-based foundation, will enable you to get more of the things money will buy and all of the things money won’t buy. – Zig Ziglar
- You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chances there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere. – Charles F. Kettering
- One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better. – Col. Harland Sanders
- Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure. – Edward Eggleston
- When I thought I couldn’t go on, I forced myself to keep going. My success is based on persistence, not luck. – Estee Lauder
- If you run out of ideas follow the road; you’ll get there. – Edgar Allan Poe
- Sometimes you must cross a bridge and other times you need to burn it. But, always keep building one and never lose your faith in life. – Dodinsky
- I believe that persistent effort, supported by a character-based foundation, will enable you to get more of the things money will buy and all of the things money won’t buy. – Zig Ziglar
- Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight. – Lance Armstrong
- Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you’re trying to reach that you’re passionate about something, that you really want something. – Norah O’Donnell
- I do the very best I know how, the very best I can and I mean to keep doing so until the end. – Abraham Lincoln
- Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. – Anthony J. D’Angelo
- It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down. – Charles F. Kettering
- The most essential factor is persistence, the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. – James Whitcomb Riley
- The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. – Roger Bannister
- For now you know one of the greatest principles of success; if you persist long enough you will win. – Og Mandino
- When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. – Napoleon Hil
- Others can stop you temporarily – you are the only one who can do it permanently. – Zig Ziglar
- Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. – Walter Elliott
- You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chances there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere. – Charles F. Kettering