Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.
Beginners are many; finishers are few.
Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!
Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.
Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.
Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road… Unless you fail to make the turn.
Everyone wants some magic pill -- some life hack -- that eliminates the need to do the work. But that does not exist.
A crowbar is a universal pass key.
Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.
The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance.
The seeds of greatness are planted in the daily grind.
He conquers who endures.
If four things are followed -- having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance -- then anything can be achieved.
There is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: and that is an idea whose time has come.
The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires.
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.
No conqueror believes in chance.
Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.
There is no armor like perseverance.
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Longer Version:
No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.
What is now proved was once only imagined.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Longer Version:
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Longer Version:
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.
Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.
You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
Longer Version:
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions.
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Longer Version:
By perseverance the snail reached the ark. A mouse may find a hole, be the room ever so full of cats.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
