Explore the value of Persistence

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PERSISTENCE QUOTATIONS
“At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And with steam, you can power a train. ”

S.L. Parker

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

Robert J. Collier

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

James N. Watkins

“The most essential factor is persistence—the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by discouragement.”

James Whitcomb Riley

“Failure cannot cope with persistence.”

Napoleon Hill

“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

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

Harriet Beecher Stowe

“To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out the hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it- who can say this is not greatness? ”

William Makepeace Thackeray

“To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.”

Richelle E. Goodrich

“People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.”

Bethany Hamilton

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”

Hal Borland

“The key of persistence opens all doors closed by resistance.”

John Di Leme

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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