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Quotes about Persistence

If you want to be successful in a particular field, perseverance is one of the key qualities.
— George Lucas
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.
— George W. Bush
Do not allow defeat to extinguish your dreams. If you keep working and remain optimistic, opportunities can come your way.
— George W. Bush
My first church had seven members in it, and I have to remember, the rent was $225 a month and I worked for Union Carbide and took the check I made from work to pay for the rent to keep the church open.
— Bishop TD Jakes
The amateur tweets. The pro works.
— Steven Pressfield
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.
— Calvin Coolidge
Morse conquered his electrical difficulties although he was only a painter, and I don't intend to give in either till all is completed.
— Alexander Graham Bell
I want to preach till the last breath in my lungs runs out.
— Charles Swindoll
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
— Julie Andrews
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
— Julie Andrews
One of the things is we tend to give up too soon. We get knocked down a couple of times, and we stay down. It's so important to get back up again.
— Og Mandino
'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.
— Laurence Sterne