Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.

The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or on the water as well.

I believe in persevering. If you persevere, success lies ahead of you.

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.

Ultimately, we're incredibly resilient creatures. People really do get on with the business of living.

Humans are creatures of habit. If you quit when things get tough, it gets that much easier to quit the next time. On the other hand, if you force yourself to push through it, the grit begins to grow in you.

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

The most important characteristics you need to succeed in business are resilience, determination and persistence.

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory.

The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.

Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.

The great saints were always great innovators... They had to be very strong people... principled people. And, apart from their principles, with great tenacity they had to have great reserves of patience.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Successful entrepreneurs find the balance between listening to their inner voice and staying persistent in driving for success - because sometimes success is waiting right across from the transitional bump that's disguised as failure.

Memory as an article of faith often comes naturally to writers, who by temperament are likely to be diarists and record keepers, forever searching past events for elusive patterns - and forever believing that such patterns are to be found.

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

The greatest power is often simple patience.

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.

We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.

Achievers have an enabling attitude, realism, and a conviction that they themselves were the laboratory of innovation. Their ability to change themselves is central to their success. They have learned to conserve their energy by minimizing the time spent in regret or complaint. Every event is a lesson to them, every person a teacher.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it - which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.