Determination Perseverance Quotes:

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

- Joe Strummer

topic: Perseverance, Determination, Persistence, Unsuccessful, Perserverance

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

- Christopher Morley

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Motivational Keep Going, Determination And Persistence

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

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership, Pushing On, Solved Problems

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

- Thomas A. Edison

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, About Success, Innovation Inspiration

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

- Colin Powell

topic: Dream, Determination, Military, Pursue Your Dreams, Dreamy

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

- Elbert Hubbard

source: Elbert Hubbard (2005). “Loyalty in Business: One and Twenty Other Good Things”, p.29, Cosimo, Inc.

topic: Inspirational, Success, Perseverance, Best Success, Inspirational Determination

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Succeeding In Life, Organic Architecture

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Stay Strong, Just Stay Strong, Inspirational Perseverance

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Marketing And Sales, Infinite Hope

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

- Brian Tracy

topic: Motivational, Eye, Goal, Hurdling Obstacles, Making A Fool Of Yourself

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

- Mario Andretti

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Inspirational Commitment, Inspirational Determination

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

- Roger Bannister

source: "The Spirituality Of Running" by Jim Friedrich, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2016.

topic: Motivational, Success, Fitness, Hurt And Pain, Hurt Pain

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

- Herbert Kaufman

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Determination, Will Power

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

- Calvin Coolidge

source: Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

topic: Persistence, Men, World, Unsuccessful, Solved Problems

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

- Josh Billings

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Motivational, Strength And Determination, Strength And Perseverance

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

- William James

topic: Running, Perseverance, Inspirational Sports, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

- Tommy Lasorda

source: Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Baseball Games, Inspirational Determination

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Best Success, Inspirational Football

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

- Vince Lombardi

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Best Of Me, Best Coaches

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

- Douglas MacArthur

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Old Soldiers, Quitting Your Job

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

- Og Mandino

source: Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

topic: Being Strong, Encouraging, Encouragement, Self Determination, Inspirational Determination

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Motivational, Sports, Figures, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Football

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

- Jesse Owens

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Self Determination, Marathon Motivational

What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.

- Alexander Graham Bell

topic: Spiritual, Law Books, Motivation And Determination, Motivation And Drive, Motivational Goal

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Life Determination, Decisiveness

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

- Louis Pasteur

source: "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Self Determination, Inspirational Achievement

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

- Marva Collins

topic: Perseverance, Determination, Moving, Determination Perseverance, Perseverance And Determination

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

- Jacob August Riis

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership, Determination And Persistence, Will And Determination

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Fitness, Inspirational Determination, Inspirational Health And Fitness

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Depression Inspirational, Determination And Success

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

- Henry Ford

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Hurdling Obstacles, Making A Fool Of Yourself

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

- Newt Gingrich

topic: Perseverance, Stay Strong, Business, Just Stay Strong, Do Not Give Up

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Inspirational, Perseverance, Determination, Life Determination, Motivational Achievement

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

- Marie Curie

source: "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Confidence, Empowering Women, Perserverance

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

- Michael Jordan

topic: Basketball, Trying, Achieve, Hurdling Obstacles, Inspirational Adversity

Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

- Conrad Hilton

topic: Life, Motivational, Moving On, Best Success, Perserverance

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

- James Whitcomb Riley

topic: Motivational, Determination, Men, Will Power, Determination And Persistence

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

topic: Motivational, Leadership, Perseverance, Inspiring Presidential, Experimentation

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Inspirational, Success, Leadership, Working So Hard, Just Give Up

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

- Victor Hugo

topic: Motivational, Success, Being Strong, Strength And Determination, Strength And Perseverance

I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Life, Tattoo, Inspirational Determination, Latin Phrases

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

- Thomas A. Edison

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Thought Of The Day, Try Again

Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible.

- John Bonifaz

topic: War, Done, Impossible, Journey Inspirational, Journey To Success

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

- Laozi

topic: Motivational, Wisdom, Determination, Journey To Success, Inspirational Achievement

Do your best with what you have where you are.

- Lucy Punch

topic: Where You Are, Social Good, Inspirational Achievement, New Career, Inspirational Charity

Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

- George Washington Carver

topic: New Beginnings, Today Not Tomorrow, Words Of Wisdom, Social Good, New Career

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Ambition, Gymnastics, Persistence, Inspirational Determination, Determination And Persistence