Persistence Quotes

"I never viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working." "The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your " "One day the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you." "You never fail until you stop trying." "As the man once said, the harder you work, the luckier you get." "If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon." "Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work" "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." "The most successful people in life get that way by putting passion and commitment into their work." "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." "The journey to success is a marathon, not a sprint. Pace yourself, stay focused, and keep moving forward." "Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater." "It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." "Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits." "Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration." "Without a solid, realistic and detailed plan, the goal is nothing more than a pipe dream. And without the commitment to follow through on that plan and put forth the necessary effort, the dream is nothing more than a good intention." "Once you have committed to something and achieved it, you experience self-fulfillment - the feeling of success and empowerment." "I haven't always been successful, but I've always had hope. I've always known that if I kept plugging away and doing my best, I'd be successful." "When you decide to move your life to the next level of accomplishment, you must fasten you mental and spiritual seat belts because it is going to be a while before you reach that comfortable level again." "Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood. You do something that you genuinely believe in, that you have conviction about, but for a long period of time, well-meaning people may criticize that effort. When you receive criticism from we"