Quotes on Persistence

Nothing in the 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."
~ Calvin Coolidge

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
~ Eric Hoffer

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
~ Frank McKinney

"Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely and the likely definite."
~ Robert Half, Personnel executive.

“If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.”
~ Michelangelo; Italian Renaissance Painter

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say can't be done."
~ from an advertisement by Northern Trust Business Banking

"In every triumph there is a lot of try."
~ Frank Tyger

"There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no insurmountable barrier except our own inherent weakness of purpose."
~ Elbert Hubbard, 1859-1915, Author, Publisher

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
~ Thomas A. Edison