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Quotes on Persistence

A Select Collection of Quotes on Persistence

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Herodotus: Quotes on Persistence
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Anonymous: Quotes on Persistence
Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.

Leo J. Muir: Quotes on Persistence
Someone has defined genius as intensity of purpose: the ability to do, the patience to wait... Put these together and you have genius, and you have achievement.

George Herbert: Quotes on Persistence
Step by step the ladder is ascended.

Unknown Author: Quotes on Persistence
Success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone.

Conrad Hilton: Quotes on Persistence
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

William Feather: Quotes on Persistence
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

Winston Churchill: Quotes on Persistence
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Quotes on Persistence
That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased.

Theodore Roosevelt: Quotes on Persistence
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restrain enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

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