Quotations on Persistence
In the confrontation between the stream and rock, the stream always wins...not through strength, but through persistence.
-Anonymous
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep running.
-Anonymous
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.
-Calvin Coolidge
My strongest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.
-Bjorn Borg
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
-Jack Nicklaus
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
-Hank Aaron
The flower that follows the sun does so even on cloudy days.
-Robert Leighton
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
-Japanese Proverb
All your life you feel like a pawn, but if you make it to the back row, you become a queen.
-Ben Cotton

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