Energy and persistence conquer all things. Benjamin Franklin
Defeat is simply a signal to press onward. Helen Keller
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew. Saint Francis de Sales
A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must….be undaunted when the going gets tough. Ronald Reagan
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit. Mark Twain
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down. Mary Pickford
If you are truly flexible and go until . . . there is really very little you can’t accomplish in your lifetime. Anthony Robbins
Having chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts. Abraham Lincoln
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. George Allen
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you’re signed up for a season, see it through. You don’t have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through. Jim Rohn
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy. Bill Blackman
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres, and infallibly prevails at last. Lord Chesterfield
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. Thomas S. Monson
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves. Winston Churchill
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. Napoleon Hill
Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” Richard L. Evans
Be patient and calm – for no one can catch fish in anger. Herbert Hoover
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience. Admiral Hyman Rickover
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. Conrad Hilton
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make. Gorden B. Hinkley
I do not think 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
Consider the postage stamp; its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there. Josh Billings
People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else. Anonymous
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins- not through strength but by perseverance. Jackson Brown
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas A. Edison
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. Jim Rohn
