Quotes about Persistence

A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country`s flag.

Margaret Thatcher

A stubborn enough person can survive just about anything.

Mass Effect

When you want to get good at something, how you spend your time practicing is far more important than the amount of time you spend.

Joshua Foer

You triumphed over me since it’s my fate
Incessantly to fail in all my struggles
But then, revitalized, to rise again.

Imre Madách

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Benjamin Disraeli

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Too much practice is like too much sugar.

Kurt Cobain

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Josh Billings

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Robert Leighton

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

David Lloyd George

It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.

Lewis Carroll

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

William Feather

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.

Douglas Hofstadter