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Persistence Quotes

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing."
Sigmund Freud
"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out."
Theodore Roosevelt
"In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: hit the line hard."
Theodore Roosevelt
"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
Paulo Coelho
"A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires."
Paulo Coelho
"Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily"
Paulo Coelho
"Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work."
Elon Musk
"Eighty percent of success is showing up."
Woody Allen
"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."
Napoleon Hill
"Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times."
Napoleon Hill
"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way."
Napoleon Hill
"The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going."
Napoleon Hill
"Here is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it."
Napoleon Hill
"Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach."
Tony Robbins
"To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first."
William Shakespeare
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
Thomas Jefferson
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
Thomas Edison
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
Thomas Edison
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."
Thomas Edison