Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel Johnson – Perseverance
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
Mark Twain – Perseverance
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Dale Carnegie – Perseverance, Courage
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
John Quincy Adams – Perseverance
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Albert Einstein – Thinking
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle – Motivation, Perseverance
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.
Henry Brooks Adams – Perseverance
Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.
