Top 81 Persistence Determination Quotes
#1. Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.
Elbert Hubbard
#2. Success in life isn't only for the gifted or the privileged or those with a high IQ. Success is totally dependent on three things: persistence, determination and a positive mental attitude.
Denis Waitley
#6. Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do
Paul Meyer
#7. I tried and failed. I tried again and again and succeeded.
[Epitaph from Gail Borden's gravestone.]
Gail Borden
#9. Failures are part of life lessons.
Keep trying no matter how many times you fail. You will one day succeed.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#10. We are semipermeable membranes. We can pick and choose which troubles are worthy of our attention. What sinks us can only do so with our permission; a boat stays afloat until the water gets in.
Joyce Rachelle
#12. Forgiveness is not a one off decision; it is a journey and a process that takes time, determination, and persistence. Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is simply denying your pain the right to control your life.
Corallie Buchanan
#13. I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of the lake that I would be there forever, and having no idea where on shore I'd end up. I made it, and I'm proud of the determination and persistence that took.
Kim Edwards
#14. I've known entrepreneurs who were not great salespeople, or didn't know how to code, or were not particularly charismatic leaders. But I don't know of any entrepreneurs who have achieved any level of success without persistence and determination.
Harvey MacKay
#16. There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Joe Strummer
#17. Simply giving something 'a shot' is not giving something our 'best,' for our best is made up of as many 'shots' as it takes in order to be our best.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#21. Who told you it was too late? And more importantly, why did you choose to believe them?
Richelle E. Goodrich
#24. Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.
Napoleon Hill
#25. Keep moving; keep moving, no matter how slow you move, you must keep moving.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#28. Change for the better ... Let your change be purposeful and determined. Never repeat steps that always make you fail. Never change a step that brings you closer to excellence! You got to make a change!
Israelmore Ayivor
#29. Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.
James Whitcomb Riley
#30. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back.
J.R.R. Tolkien
#31. There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up.
Jefferson Smith
#34. For a writer, I'm not sure that feeling of knowing you've just written something good and strong can be trumped. Not because it means I did something right. But because it proves how many wrongs I pushed through to get there.
Cara Rosalie Olsen
#35. It may take little time to get where you want to be, but if you pause and think for a moment, you will notice that you are no longer where you were. Do not stop - keep going.
Rodolfo Costa
#37. Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.
Matt Biondi
#38. Persistence and determination are always rewarded.
Christine Rice
#39. Our determination to imitiate Christ should be such that we have no time for other matters.
Desiderius Erasmus
#40. You must dare, and dare again, and then dare a little bit more, and go on daring.
Justin Cotillard
#43. Patience can be bitter but her fruit is always sweet.
Habeeb Akande
#46. You can either follow your dreams with determination and persistence until they become true, or you can be blown by the winds of fate - were anything can happen.
Steven Redhead
#47. What is important is what inspires persistence and determination- in other words what you care about.
David Maister
#49. Sometimes giving up feels like the easiest thing to do.
But then the easiest thing has never produced more than a garden full of weeds.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#53. Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience.
Lois Gibbs
#55. Today is a BRAND NEW day - a perfectly good reason to get up and start over. Never give up.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#56. A champion, he said, wins a World Series or an Olympic and is hoisted on the shoulders of teammates and fans. A hero carries the people on his shoulders. Champions live for the moment- heroes, like Jackie Robinson, transcend time.
Sharon Robinson
#57. The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
James Whitcomb Riley
#58. An unpublished writer should doubt themselves. They should constantly wonder whether what they're creating has merit. And then, having doubted, they should take up their pen and see if they can't make it better.
Johnny Rich
#59. God's grace grant us immeasurable ability to overcome adversity of any type.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#60. "Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is elan, esprit de corps and determination."
George C. Marshall
#61. Persistence separates those who want it more.
Tony Curl
#62. Never underestimate the hidden power of one very determined person. There is nothing more powerful than determination and persistence.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
#63. Never let those who say it can't be done obstruct you from pursuing your goals.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#66. The grace and blessing of God is sufficient to carry us through the storms of life. With persistence and determination, victory awaits us at end of the journey.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#67. All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any.
Carl L. Becker
#68. Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
Maya Angelou
#69. Success is like sausage, you'd be surprised what goes into it.
Tim Fargo
#70. Licking your wounds will not stop the bleeding, but applying pressure will.
Orrin Woodward
#71. It's good to remember that success may be just beyond the next failure, and you'll get there, not because you're destined to, but because you're determined to.
Steve Goodier
#72. I think I'm seen as trustworthy. I'm seen as having determination and persistence, and I'm seen as having a capacity to reach achievable answers to difficult issues.
John Howard
#74. Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
Habeeb Akande
#75. People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.
George Allen
#76. To shine and outshine the shining stars, to take your abilities to the greatest height, to sit on top of the world, you must fortify yourself with persistence, the determination and willingness to stay in the same direction over a long period of time whatever the cost might be.
Ogwo David Emenike
#77. Be patient, persistent and above all, believe.
Fennel Hudson
#78. To be a highflier and a name to conjure with, you must decide your dimension, plan your path, master the moment, focus on the future, determine your degree, push your persistence and lead
your life.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
#80. I don't stop when I am tired, I stop when I am done
James Bond
#81. Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem when all the odds were against him. Determination and persistence pulsate through your bloodline.
Joel Osteen
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