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19 Matches Found.
- Andrew Carnegie
The thorough man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result not of chance but of well devised means for the attainment of his ends.
- J.R. Miller
Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Politician
We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in France, we shall fight in the seas or oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. - speaking in the House of Commons on British resistance to the Nazis, June 1940
- R. Cruickshank describing the discover of penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955).
He had in fact most of the qualities that make a great scientist: an innate curiosity and perceptiveness regarding natural phenomena, insight into the heart of a problem, technical ingenuity, persistence in seeing a job through and that physical and mental toughness that is essential to a top-class investigator.
- J.R. Miller
Success in life depends upon staying power. The reason for failure is most cases is lack of perseverance.
- Darrell Royal (1924-) American Football Coach, University of Texas
As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated -- he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States
You can have anything you want -- if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
- Janet Erskine Stuart
The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) Military Commander and 34th US President
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist
...the hill has not yet lifted its face to heaven that perseverance will not gain the summit of at last.
- Herbert Kaufman
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
- Longfellow
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish Novelist
The saints are the sinners who keep on going.
- Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) English Novelist
I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor. The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.
- William Feather (1889-1981) American Author and Publisher
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
- Publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in a letter to his son.
I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and the antidote for this is calmness and fortitude and a modest yet firm belief in your competence. Be sure that your priorities are in order so that you can proceed in a logical manner, and be ever mindful that nothing will take the place of persistence.
- Buddhist Proverb
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on
walking.
- Marilyn vos Savant 1946-NA
Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
- Hank Aaron (1934-) American Baseball Player (Retired)
My motto was to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was to keep swinging.
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