Alex Haley Quotes

In every human endeavor, persistence is everything.

You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.

A person who refuses to give up will always succeed eventually.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

The only thing that I have done that is not mitigated by luck, diminished by good fortune, is that I persisted, and other people gave up.

Perseverance means to continue in a given course until we have reached a goal or objective, regardless of obstacles, opposition, and other counterinfluences...Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic...It gives us hope by helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up and no longer trying.

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

Perseverance is king.

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

I suppose in order to succeed at something you have to be very persistent. I've never done that.

If you want to be successful in a particular field of endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities.

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

Victory; a matter of staying power.

The world belongs to those who persevere.

I'm going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.

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.

Perseverance is a great element of success.

I believe persistence is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment!

Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.

I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.

Never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more.

Without patience, there can be no genius