Quotes about Perseverance

Success expert Peter Lowe, who has gleaned success secrets from hundreds of people who are at the top of their profession, says, "The most common trait I have found in all successful people is that they have conquered the temptation to give up.

Failure results from bad breaks.

You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard," says A. L. Williams. "You beat another 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.

GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, EFFORT, AND PATIENCE TO A DIFFICULT TASK OR PROBLEM TODAY.

There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who left well enough alone.

The only person who avoids failure altogether is the person who never leaves her driveway. So the real issue is not whether you're going to fail. It's whether you're going to fail successfully (profiting from your failure).

Until my practice period was completed, I deliberately neglected everything else. That program of planned neglect, I believe, accounts for my success.

Most people don't know this, but it's easier to go from failure to success than from excuses to success.

Livingstone replied, "If you have men who will come only if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come even if there is no road at all." That's what top leaders want from the people working for them: they want individuals who are willing to do what others won't.

But here's the good news: maintaining the right attitude is easier than regaining the right attitude.

That no matter how often someone says you can't do something, by simply working harder and trying, you can prove them wrong and actually change your circumstance. Change your thinking and it will change your life.

Any time you make a commitment to something, it will be tested. If something is worth doing, I will commit myself to carrying it through.