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“A violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature. And if Nature herself cannot sustain her efforts long, how much less can man!”

Ifs Men Long Doe Courses Effort Morning Wind Rain Violent Persistence

Author:Laozi

“That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.”

Men Fit Ordinary Persistence Qualified Diligence Ordinary Man Best Of Me

Book:King Lear

Source: King Lear

“If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell.”

Ifs Want Needs Writing Stories Talent Persistence

Author:Octavia Butler

“Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.”

Writing Done Married Persistence Being Married

Author:Richard Ford

“Persevere in virtue and diligence.”

Virtue Perseverance Persistence Persevere Diligence

Author:Livy

“Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence.”

Book Quality Decades Persistence Publishers Printed Brutes Bookstores Printed Books

Author:Nicholson Baker

“If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.”

Ifs Firsts Succeed Persistence Stooges Three Stooges

Author:Curly Howard

“I never thought I didn't have a card to play.”

Play Cards Persistence

Author:Jim Lovell

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”

“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”

“If you walk along the street you will encounter a number of scientific problems. Of these, about 80 per cent are insoluble, while 19½ per cent are trivial. There is then perhaps half a per cent where skill, persistence, courage, creativity and originality can make a difference. It is always the task of the academic to swim in that half a per cent, asking the questions through which some progress can be made.”

Ifs Made Problem Science Differences Walks Numbers Half Creativity Progress Streets Skills Tasks Asking Persistence Encounters Making A Difference Swim Academic Originality Cents Enquiry

Author:Hermann Bondi

“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.”

“Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.”

Writing Jobs Perseverance Stuck Persistence Diamond Coal Jewels Gems Chunks Hard Work Pays Off

Author:Malcolm Forbes

“If you never budge, don't expect a push.”

Ifs Risk Teaching Design Persistence

Author:Malcolm Forbes

“Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when he's tired.”

Cities New York Tired Saving Persistence New York City Making Love Bankruptcy Gorillas

Author:Felix Rohatyn

“Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future.”

May Important Battle Perseverance Speed Persistence

Book:Competing for the Future

Source: Competing for the Future

“You can eat an elephant one bit at a time.”

Bits Persistence Elephants

Author:Mary Kay Ash

“Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.”

Ifs Men Giving Sometimes Design Giving Up Persistence Resolution Persistent Undertakings

Author:Giacomo Leopardi

“Lack of persistence is one of the major causes of failure. Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome with effort.”

People Men May Causes Common Effort Majors Weakness Overcoming Majority Persistence

Book:Think and Grow Rich: Collector's Edition

Source: Think and Grow Rich: Collector's Edition

“Persistence is nothing more than staying in motion”

Persistence Staying

Author:Ken Evoy

“The real excitement is playing the game.”

Source: Trump: The Art of the Deal

“If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.”

Ifs Long Sports Enjoy Hours Perseverance Persistence Tolls Long Hours

Author:Karrie Webb

“Even at my age, I'm trying to improve. Never give up, no matter what. Even if you get last place - finish.”

Ifs Giving Trying Matter Age Lasts Sports Giving Up No Matter What Perseverance Persistence Never Giving Up Last Place

Author:Louis Zamperini

“I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door.”

Ifs Thinking Next Sports Doors Perseverance Persistence Aggressive Knocking

Author:Magic Johnson

“In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.”

Two Seems Vision Gone Students Return Singing Decades Persistence Squares Joining Tents Tiananmen Square

Author:Ma Jian

“In my view, it’s irreverence, foolish confidence and naivety combined with persistence, open mindedness and a continual ability to learn that created Facebook, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Microsoft, Apple, Juniper, AOL, Sun Microsystems and others.”

Ability Views Sun Foolish Persistence Apples Google Open Mind Microsoft Open Minded Open Mindedness Naivety Ebay Irreverence

Author:Vinod Khosla

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