Explore the value of Persistence

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PERSISTENCE QUOTATIONS
“We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.”

Tobias Wolff

“Failure cannot cope with persistence.”

Napoleon Hill

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

Robert J. Collier

“Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.”

Malcolm S. Forbes

“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”

Josh Billings

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe

“This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.”

Zig Ziglar

“You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.”

Tom Hiddleston

“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”

Bill Bradley

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”

Matt Biondi

“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.”

James N. Watkins

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Your Comments
Anthony O. from Atlanta, GA NOVEMBER 7, 2011
I only have this to say,: "If you hate anything, it means you envy something. If you like everything, it means you attract all things."
Lorenn Walker from Waialua, Hawai'i JUNE 24, 2010
Mahalo for your great work!
Martin S., President HDB from Huntington Beach, CA JANUARY 11, 2010
Thirteen years ago we formed a non-profit organization that would allow dogs to run freely on a one mile beach. We fought the Coastal Commission the City Council, and through PERSISTENCE 250,000 dogs and their families visit 'dog' beach each year and Huntington Beach, CA has just been awarded "Most Dog Friendly City in the USA." www.dogbeach.org martin@dogbeach.org