“ Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. ”
- Calvin Coolidge- Copy
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“ You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist. ”
- Isaac Asimov- Copy
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“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ”
- Abigail Adams- Copy
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“ For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. ”
- Bible- Copy
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“ Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
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“ 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. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. ”
- Miguel de Cervantes- Copy
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“ Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: / For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. ”
- Bible- Copy
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“ The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. ”
- Lucretius- Copy
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“ Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. ”
- Louis Pasteur- Copy
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“ Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ”
- John Quincy Adams- Copy
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“ Now we're in the final stages. There's a lot of (due diligence) work to be done in the next 120 days, but it feels good to get everybody on board. ”
- Woody Allen- Copy
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“ To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals — this alone is worth the struggle. ”
- Sir William Osler- Copy
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“ Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time. ”
- Marabel Morgan- Copy
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“ Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence, and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. ”
- James Whitcomb Riley- Copy
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“ Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. ”
- Napoleon Hill- Copy
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“ Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done. ”
- George Allen- Copy
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“ 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- Copy
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“ Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out. ”
- Sam Snead- Copy
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“ Yes! To this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
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“ It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere. ”
- Charles the Bold- Copy
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“ By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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