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Quotes about Persistence

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
— Henry Ford
When you can't change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
— Vincent Van Gogh
Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, 'It can't be done.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.
— Abraham Lincoln
You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right.
— Jack Canfield
...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.
— Sam Walton
An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.
— Charles Kettering
Desire is craving enough to sacrifice for
— Myles Munroe
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
— Elbert Hubbard
Men's best successes come after their disappointments.
— Henry Ward Beecher
You don't drown by falling in water. You only drown if you stay there.
— Zig Ziglar