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What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Sep 16, 2025
Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance.
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
Try and fail,but don't fail to try.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
How long should you try? Until.
So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist.
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.
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.
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.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
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.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
The potential for greatness lives within us all.
If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
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.
Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
Success ... seems to be connected with action.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.
The world is full of educated derelicts.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.