Unflagging Dedication Quotes

What courage and patience are wanted for every life that aims to produce anything!

However, I continue to try and I continue, indefatigably, to reach out. There's no way I can single-handedly save the world or, perhaps, even make a perceptible difference - but how ashamed I would be to let a day pass without making one more effort.

Quit everything until you find something that you just cannot quit.

If the biographer gives me credit for being a plodder, he will describe me justly. Anything beyond this will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

Lack of persistence is one of the major causes of failure. Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome with effort.

Only those who keep walking get sweet returns... look at the sun's perseverance- dynamic & always on the move, never dormant... hence keep moving.

I will never give up. I am in my 14th year of a 10-day beauty plan.

Persistence is the most traveled path to success.

I'm glad . . . that Edison didn't give up on the light bulb. That Luther refused to back down. That Michelangelo kept painting. That Lindbergh kept flying.

Final perseverance is the doctrine that wins the eternal victory in small things as in great

Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.

In every human endeavor, persistence is everything.

Leia follows me like a vague smell.

To choose what is difficult all one's days, as if it were easy, that is faith

Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.

By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you'd never persist.

To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

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

Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. ... Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.