By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
Perseverance Quotes
How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It’s what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve. (Speaking during “Perseverance Month” at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H. As quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000)
Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Constant dropping wears away stones.
By preserving over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men 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. The slogan “Press On” has solved and always […]
Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.
