Persistence is the fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

1. There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.
Colin Powell

2. Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
Steve Martin

3. Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.
Paramahansa Yogananda

4. Energy and Persistence conquers all things.
Benjamin Franklin

5. Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
Hal Borland

6. If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
Martin Luther King Jr.

7. Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Dale Carnegie

8. Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Christopher Morley

9. Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin

10. There's no such thing as a lost cause, or a dead end. Through persistence, attitude, and creativity, there's always an escape route.
Urijah Faber

11. The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
Pearl S. Buck

12. Always try your best, even if you fail keep trying. God sees your work, your passion and persistence
Anonymous

13. Persistence turns failures into extraordinary achievements
Anonymous

14. Money grows on the tree of persistence
Anonymous

15. Persistence proves to the person you’re trying to reach that you’re passionate about something, that you really want something.
Norah O’Donnell

16. Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle that you arrive in
Anonymous

17. No great achievement is possible without persistent
Anonymous

18. Persistence is nothing more than staying in motion.
Ken Evoy

19. Weakness of attitude becomes… weakness of character.
Albert Einstein

20. If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number seventy-one!”
Richard M. DeVos

21. The big talent is persistence.
Octavia Butler

22. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Anonymous

23. Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. … Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.
Denis Waitley

24. Persistence – If there is no struggle the is no progress
Frederick Douglass

25. Perseverance if at first you don't succeed, try, try again
Anonymous

26. Writing is a matter of persistence and faith and hard work. So you might as well go ahead and just get started. Anne Lamott

27. There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps
Anonymous

28. Only Persistence Leads To The Goal
Anonymous

29. The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.
Ernest Hello

30. The key factor for us was persistence and faith. It wasn't a perfect meet for us, but the team stayed focused throughout.
Beverly Kearney

31. Million dollar ideas are a dime a dozen. The determination to see the idea through is what's priceless. Robert Dieffenbach

32. Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Bill Bradley

33. Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Napoleon Hill

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34. Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over
Anonymous

35. All great successes are the triumph of persistence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

36. Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Herbert Kaufman

37. Patience and persistence are the providers of progress.
Tim Fargo

38. Persistence gets you farther than brilliance.
Robin Sharma

39. Failure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.
Zig Ziglar

40. I Will Persist Until I Succeed.
Og Mandino

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42. In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins; not through strength, but through persistence
Anonymous

43. Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
Ovid

44. Starting something new, or making a big change, requires effort, persistence, and motivation. Doubt, fear, & worry will only slow you down. Focus on doing your best now, and celebrate every step of the way.
Doe Zantamata

45. If this little flower could find its way to the sunlight so can you. Never underestimate the power of perseverance.
Michael Josephson

46. When I thought I couldn't go on, I forced myself to keep going. My success is based on persistence, not luck.
Estee Lauder

47. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. Elbert Hubbard

48. Never underestimate the power of persistence
Anonymous

49. Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
Elon Musk

50. Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Bill Bradley

51. 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.
Thomas Carlyle

52. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Confucius

53. Be positive, patient, and persistent
Anonymous

54. The key of persistence will open up any door that has been closed by resistance.
John Di Lemme

55. Keep your conscious mind focused on what you want, and your subconscious mind will unerringly guide you to it. Napoleon hill

56. Persistence always pays off
Anonymous

57. A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence
Anonymous

58. The difference between a quitter and someone persistent, is one tiny moment. The quitter says, ‘That’s it, it will never come, I can’t finish this, I’m not good enough.’, but the persistent(stubborn +optimistic) person says in that moment,’Not yet,I’m going to try just a litter bit longer, I think I might be able to figure this out.’ It make thousands of tiny moments for the persistent persont to finish, but that is really the difference.
Sean David Tenkins

59. We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.
Tobias Wolff

60. The art of love is largely the art of persistence.
Albert Ellis

61. The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do
Anonymous

62. By persistence the snail reached the ark.
C.H. Spurgeon

63. Persistence is a refusal to quit. It is looking into the face of adversity and saying “I like my odds.” It is an unwillingness to move aside. It is believing in a cause and being distracted by nothing.
Anonymous

64. Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Napoleon Hill

65. Nothing in this 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