Quotes About Persistence And Tenacity

#1. Persistence and tenacity are two of the most highly paid attributes anyone can develop.

Bill DeWees

#2. On one 50-mile summer hike, Gates demonstrated the persistence and tenacity that was to be his trademark later in life.

James Wallace

#3. The only thing going on was a war, and no one seemed to notice but Yossarian and Dunbar. And when Yossarian tried to remind people, they drew away from him and thought he was crazy.

Joseph Heller

#4. Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience.

Henri Frederic Amiel

#5. If I were suddenly to become known, and (put into a position to) conduct (a government) according to the Great Tao, what I should be most afraid of would be a boastful display.

Lao-Tzu

#6. Happiness requires courage, stamina, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, bravery, boldness, valor, vigor, concentration, solidity, substance, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, nerve, pluck, resilience, spunk, tenacity, tolerance, will power, chutzpah, and a good thesaurus.

Peter McWilliams

#7. I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources.

Bob Woodward

#8. To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.

Ralph Bunche

#9. Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

#10. Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

James A. Michener

#11. 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

#12. You must dare, and dare again, and then dare a little bit more, and go on daring.

Justin Cotillard

#13. My family has to be very patient living with me, if you're playing a part that's not you. You have to get it right.

Peter Capaldi