Abraham Lincoln Quotes

The basis of persistence is the Power of Will.

I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.

The key to anyone's success is staying with it!

I've just never liked giving up on anything.

Perseverance is a choice. It's not a simple, one-time choice, it's a daily one. There's never a final decision.

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

It’s okay to be discouraged. It’s not okay to quit. To know you want to quit but to plant your feet and keep inching closer until you take the impenetrable fortress you’ve decided to lay siege to in your own life—that’s persistence.

Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner.

That's why successful people in every field are almost universally members of a certain set - the set of people who don't give up.

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. And when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).

Never give up; just absolutely never give up.

If what you are doing is worth doing, hang in there until it is done.

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality

Never quit. Never give up.

Never give up! And remember, determination is as important as talent.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.

Never permit failure to become a habit.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

I'm the kind of guy that once I decide I'm going to do something I have a hard time just giving up on it without giving it a fair shot.

Set out with some definite purpose in life and accomplish that purpose. There is little that the human mind can conceive that is not possible of accomplishment. The thing to do is to make up your mind what you are going to drive for, and let nothing stand in the way of its ultimate accomplishment.