Quotes by Persistence In my view, it’s irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others. Vinod Khosla ebaypersistenceviews Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind. Voltaire persistenceprayermind Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished without the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue and, regardless of temporary obstacles, the persistence to complete Waite Phillips persistencenew-beginningsenthusiasm 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. Walter Annenberg persistenceinspirationalorder My persistence is the measure of the belief I have in myself. Walt Disney persistencebelief Focus on the solution, not the problem Walter Inglis Anderson persistencefocusproblem Difficulties will assail you only when you lack in concentration and persistence. Walter J. Phillips concentrationpersistencedifficulty At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound similar. They aren't. Confidence is what politicians, seducers and currency speculators have, but persistence is a quality found in termites. It's the blind drive to keep on working that persists after confidence breaks down. Walter Kirn persistencequalitysound Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does. Walter Murch persistencesimpleart What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger. Wangari Maathai persistencedangerpeople The people who come out on top in music business have persistence. It is key! Fall down seven times; stand up eight. It takes a lot of courage and an unwavering belief in yourself and your abilities. Wendy Starland persistencekeysfall Straight white males: that's the predominant moviegoing category, and the persistence of that is a dismaying maintenance of the status quo. Wesley Morris persistencemaleswhite Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence. William Arthur Ward persistencewishworld Good design today requires more vision (a larger point of view versus the single brilliant idea), more consistency (a deeper underlying structure of language and form versus the simple, uniform application of visual elements) and more patience (persistence over time versus creative authoritarianism). William Drenttel persistencesimpleideas Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm. William Feather persistenceenthusiasmhot That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence. William Shakespeare persistenceordinarymen Pain, I came to feel, might well prove to be the sole proof of the persistence of consciousness within the flesh, the sole physical expression of consciousness. As my body acquired muscle, and in turn strength, there was gradually born within me a tendency towards the positive acceptance of pain, and my interest in physical suffering deepened. Yukio Mishima persistencepainacceptance For a long time I had not approached the forbidden fruit called happiness, but it was now tempting me with a melancholy persistence. I felt as though Sonoko were an abyss above which I stood poised. Yukio Mishima persistencefruitlong Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint. Zig Ziglar persistenceracecharacter One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards. Zig Ziglar persistencedreamcommitment«1415161718192021222324»
