1. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”

— Aristotle

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2. “It always seems impossible until it's done.”

— Nelson Mandela

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3. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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4. “It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.”

— Albert Einstein

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5. “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.”

— Jim Watkins

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6. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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7. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.”

— Ann Landers

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8. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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9. “Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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10. “With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable”

— Thomas Fowell Buxton

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11. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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12. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”

— Billie Jean King

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13. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

— Winston Churchill

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14. “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.”

— Steve Martin

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15. “I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it”

— Thomas Jefferson

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16. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”

— Pablo Picasso

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17. “There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”

— Colin Powell

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18. “If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.”

— Lao Tzu

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19. “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

— Louis Pasteur

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20. “Nothing in this 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.”

— Calvin Coolidge

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21. “The best way out is always through.”

— Robert Frost

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22. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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23. “We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are.”

— Tobias Wolff

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24. “Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”

— Hal Borland

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25. “Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”

— Napoleon Hill

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26. “Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.”

— Ovid

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27. “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”

— Elon Musk

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28. “Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”

— Dale Carnegie

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29. “Persistence is self-discipline in action.”

— Brian Tracy

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30. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”

— Bill Bradley

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31. “When life knocks you down you have two choices – stay down or get up.”

— Tom Krause

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32. “Focus on the solution, not the problem.”

— Walter Anderson

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33. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

— Robert Collier

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34. “A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.”

— Harvey MacKay

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35. “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”

— Winston Churchill

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

— Malcolm S. Forbes

37. “Lucky is where skill meets persistence.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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38. “Nothing can be done except little by little.”

— Charles Baudelaire

39. “If you are going through hell, keep going.”

— Winston Churchill

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40. “The key of persistence opens all doors closed by resistance.”

— John Di Lemme

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41. “If we look at those who are the most successful in the world, persistence is the common denominator.”

— Justin Sachs

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

— Mary Kay Ash

43. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

— Christopher Reeve

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44. “I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”

— John D. Rockefeller

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45. “If you’re not where you are. If you’re not where you want to be. If you don’t have what you want, want to have. If you’re not where you think you should be at this particular place. It has nothing to do with the system, but it has everything to do with the fact that you’re not making the sacrifice.”

— Eric Thomas

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46. “If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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47. “Persistence is the mother of personal change.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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48. “Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”

— Dean Karnazes

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49. “Unless you puke, faint or die, keep going.”

— Jillian Michaels

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50. “But still, like air, I’ll rise.”

— Maya Angelou

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