Here are several quotes on persistence. Remember these as reasons why you should stick-to-it and keep moving forward, even when the moving forward gets tough!
• “One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.” ~ Napoleon Hill
• “It doesn’t matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.” ~ Charles Kettering
• “People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.” ~ George E. Allen
• “Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.” ~ Alan Schoenfeld
• “I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.” ~ Albert Einstein
• “Remember, you only have to succeed the last time.” ~ Brian Tracy
• “Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.” ~ Unknown
• “So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.” ~ Og Mandino
• “Its not how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” ~ Rocky Balboa
• “It’s hard to beat the person who never gives up.” ~ Babe Ruth
• “The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.” ~ Seth Godin
• “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people 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. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race” ~ Calvin Coolidge
• “Persistence is the only way the world knows I’m serious about my goals.” ~ WDL
• “In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, always continue to proceed in the direction of your goals and dreams.” ~ WDL