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Quotations by Subject: Persistence
(Related Subjects: Perseverance)
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Energy and persistence conquer all things.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Nothing in the 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. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.: Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)
You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.: Tobias Wolff, 'In Pharaoh's Army'


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