170 Patience And Persistence Quotes

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Famous Patience And Persistence Quotes

Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor. — Joseph Pilates

Patience is a conquering virtue. — Geoffrey Chaucer

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. — Napoleon Hill

Patience and fortitude conquer all things. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind. — Voltaire

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance. — Abigail Adams

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius. — Benjamin Disraeli

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. — William Penn

Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. — Leo Tolstoy

Patience is the rarest and most valuable trait of a successful investor. — Gautam Baid

energy and persistence conquers all things — Benjamin Franklin

Patience is the companion of wisdom. - Saint Augustine

Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine

Patience and time do more than strength or passion. - Jean De La Fontaine

Patience and time do more than strength or passion. — Jean De La Fontaine

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. — Soren Kierkegaard

Patience is the greatest of all virtues. — Cato The Elder

Short Patience And Persistence Quotes

  • If you have infinite patience and perseverance, success is bound to come. No mistake in that. — Swami Vivekananda
  • Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith. — Umar
  • Persistence and discipline are key traits for long-term success in any field. — Jim Simons
  • Be patient and you’ll get what you want. — Arabic Proverbs
  • Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. — Plautus
  • To succeed, one must be creative and persistent. — John H. Johnson
  • Patience is a virtue, and a little will not hurt you. — Hungarian Proverbs
  • Patience is the key to joy. — Rumi
  • Patience is passion tamed. — Lyman Abbott
  • He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed. — Swami Vivekananda

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Patience and persistence quote Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Patience And Perseverance Quotes

Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love. — Swami Vivekananda

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. - Saadi Shirazi

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. — Saadi Shirazi

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. - Marie Curie

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie

Patience and persistence quote Patience and persistence are the providers of progress.
Patience and persistence are the providers of progress.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie

The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it. . . — Barack Obama

Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause. — Swami Vivekananda

Patience and persistence quote Patience and persistence are the providers of progress.
Patience and persistence are the providers of progress.

Try and fail,but don't fail to try. — John Quincy Adams

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. - A. A. Milne

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. — A. A. Milne

Investing is not about being right all the time; it is about being patient and disciplined. — Gautam Baid

With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin. - Maltbie Davenport Babcock

With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock

Patience And Endurance Quotes

Grace is the wonderful spirit that imbues every fiber of our being when we practice the fruits of the spirit: kindness, patience, understanding, forgiveness, love, gentleness, fellowship and endurance. — Edgar Cayce

Don’t give up when things get tough, just hang in there, stay focused and be patient. — Folorunsho Alakija

Who is the great man? He who is strongest in patience. He who patiently endures injury, and maintains a blameless life--he is a man indeed! — H. P. Blavatsky

You can’t sit around and do nothing, you have to carry on. — Kylian Mbappe

There is no joy for the one who does not bear sadness, there is no sweetness for the one who does not have patience, there is no delight for the one who does not suffer, and there is no relaxation for the one who does not endure fatigue. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer. — Mark Z. Danielewski

Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance. — John C. Maxwell

Wisdom and power follow endurance and patience. — Muhammad

If you're serious about sanctification, you can expect to experience heart-wrenching moments that try your faith, your endurance, and your patience. — Sheri L. Dew

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. — John Ruskin

Power Of Persistence Quotes

President Heber J. Grant often quoted the following statement, which is sometimes attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: “That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do-not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.' — Heber J. Grant

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists. — Alexander Graham Bell

Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems. — Paul J. Meyer

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

You are capable of more than you ever thought. — Richard Machowicz

A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances. — James Allen

It is necessary to understand that Black Power is a cry of disappointment. The Black Power slogan did not spring full grown from the head of some philosophical Zeus. It was born from the wounds of despair and disappointment. It is a cry of daily hurt and persistent pain. — Martin Luther

The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it's a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers -- of persistence, concentration, and insight -- to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply. — Susan Cain

Perseverance And Persistence Quotes

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail. — Marva Collins

Our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and move forward. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work. - William Feather

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work. — William Feather

Every setback might be the very thing that makes you carry on and fight all the harder and become much better. — Les Paul

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. — Calvin Coolidge

I have no Napoleonic dream. I'm just hard-working and pragmatic. — Roman Abramovich

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. — Calvin Coolidge

Average talent, plus hard work and dedication, will always beat talent by itself. — Clinton Anderson

Be diligent to succeed as there is a way where there be no way, only the persistent and diligent finds it. — Folorunsho Alakija

Many clubs rejected me, but I wanted to be a footballer and to learn as quickly as possible, so I persisted until I got into Real Sociedad when I was 13. — Antoine Griezmann

Persistence And Love Quotes

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. — Maya Angelou

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence. — Cornel West

The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. — Herbert Kaufman

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent. — Joe Strummer

Your persistent longing is your persistent voice. But when love grows cold, the heart grows silent. Burning love is the outcry of the heart! If you are filled with longing all the time, you will keep crying out, and if your love perseveres, your cry will be heard without fail. — Saint Augustine

What are you doing for others? — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life? — Tony Robbins

Love is not without its flaws. The stronger the love, the more it tests you. Compassion and empathy will make true love persist. — Kahlil Gibran

Be stubborn and persist, and trust yourself on what you love. You have to trust what you love. — Carolee Schneemann

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting. — Tony Robbins

Hard Work And Persistence Quotes

Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks. — Elbert Hubbard

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. — Michael Jordan

Effective networking isn't a result of luck - it requires hard work and persistence. — Lewis Howes

When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people. — Kiana Tom

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream. — Janet Jackson

You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter. — Ralph Bunche

Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it! — Hector Crawford

I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family. — Sanford I. Weill

The great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons. Their excellence comes from digging into the raw ore of their own character, through hard work, persistence and faith turning whatever they touch into gold. — Guy Finley

Success ... seems to be connected with action. — Conrad Hilton

Time And Patience Quotes

Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full. — Shams Tabrizi

Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. — Fulton J. Sheen

Three things differentiate living from the soul verses living from the ego only: the ability to sense and learn new ways, the tenacity to ride a rough road, and the patience to learn deep love over time. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. — Warren Buffett

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. - Leo Tolstoy

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. — Leo Tolstoy

All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now. — Brian Weiss

Mother Nature, time, and patience are the three best doctors. — Bulgarian Proverbs

People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If theres patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights. — Pete Carroll

Time and patience brings a snail to Cork — Irish Proverbs

I think long-term and on a long enough time scale. — Naval Ravikant

Determination And Persistence Quotes

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. — Thomas A. Edison

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. — Paul J. Meyer

Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things. People who achieve the most are selective as well as determined. — Richard Koch

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. — James Whitcomb Riley

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power. — Charles Simmons

Get back up and keep going. — Sam Altman

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. — Og Mandino

There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze. — Etty Hillesum

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. — Calvin Coolidge

I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action. — Napoleon Hill

Great Patience Quotes

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake. — Voltaire

It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form. — Hart Crane

The best mirror is an old friend. — George Herbert

In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a subject over a period of months or years. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. - Warren Buffett

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. — Warren Buffett

It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. — Louis Sachar

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. - Leo Tolstoy

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy

Little by little one goes far. — Mexican Proverbs

To lose patience is to lose the battle. — Mahatma Gandhi

You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind. — Leonardo da Vinci

Faith And Patience Quotes

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. — Max Lucado

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest. — Max Lucado

Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders the Grace of God and miracles. Practice patience without judging with the logical mind. — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos

Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice. — Erich Fromm

The farmer has patience and trusts the process. He just has the faith and deep understanding that through his daily efforts, the harvest will come.And then one day, almost out of nowhere, it does. — Robin Sharma

It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad. — Julie Bowen

How can you lay claim to faith, when you have no patience at all. Surely you must have heard the saying of the prophet, peace and blessings be upon him "patience is to faith, as the head is to the body." — Abdul-Qadir Gilani

I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader. — Stephen Covey

There are very few real teachers. Teaching is not a job; it is a vocation. To be a great one many qualities must be combined: love of truth, knowledge, reverence, loving concern for one's students, clarity and patience. — Alice von Hildebrand

Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands - a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world. — Sid Lovett

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More Patience And Persistence Quotes

Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes time, hard work, persistence, patience, proper intent and self-awareness. The path to success is punctuated by failure, consolidation, and renewed effort. — Mark Twight

Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true! — Pete Maravich

As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end. — Paul Kane

The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic. — Peter Lynch

Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent. — Billy Graham

Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Good things come to those who have patience and take consistent, persistent actions toward what they want. — Jeffrey Gitomer

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. — Denis Waitley

Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers. Feel motivated and energized, we can overcome almost anything. Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive. — Robert Greene

Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off. — Nicholas Brendon

Good design today requires more vision (a larger point of view versus the single brilliant idea), more consistency (a deeper underlying structure of language and form versus the simple, uniform application of visual elements) and more patience (persistence over time versus creative authoritarianism). — William Drenttel

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. — Swami Vivekananda

Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though. — Kathy Reichs

With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on. — Michael Chabon

Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again. — David D. Burns

Seeking those elusive individuals is like mining for rare gems. It will take hard work, patience, and a persistent attitude. To find that rich seam of colourful stones, you will have to chip through dirt and rock. You will have to learn how to hold rubble in your hands and see the fortune inside. — Chris Murray

Extreme patience and persistence are required, Yet everybody succeeds at this before being handed The surprise box lunch of the rest of his life. — John Ashbery

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane. — Criss Jami

You should always say your prayers with tireless diligence, as the Apostle directs, saying: 'Continue in prayer and watch in the same' (Col. 4:2). For humble patience, tirelessness and persistence in prayer conquer the unconquerable God and incline Him to mercy. — Lorenzo Scupoli

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience. — Lois Gibbs

Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength. — Jean De La Fontaine

Franklin's illness...gave him strength and courage he had not had before. He had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn the greatest of all lessons - infinite patience and never ending persistence. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence - natural ability notwithstanding. — Stephen Covey

The challenge of statesmanship is to have the vision to dream of a better, safer world and the courage, persistence, and patience to turn that dream into reality. — Ronald Reagan

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor. — Eric Hoffer

With patience and persistence, even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. In fact, that's how most bonfires begin - as a simple spark. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

We've got to have all those tools. The Patriot Act tearing down those walls between intel and law enforcement are a necessary part of protecting the country. But, in the long term, the only way to defeat this terrorist bunch is through the spread of liberty and freedom. And that's a big challenge. I understand it's a challenge. It requires commitment and patience and persistence. — George W. Bush

Wherever we are, we can call for and create these kinds of settings for authentic dialogue. This is the seedbed of social change. In a voiced community, we all flourish. But it's not easy. Revolutionary patience and persistence is required. It can be messy, it is unpredictable, and change, especially structural change takes time - time and leadership and the will of an engaged community. What is needed? In a word, courage. — Terry Tempest Williams

It's all about patience and persistence - you often have to expose a child to a new food numerous times before he or she will begin to like it. So keep trying! — Michelle Obama

Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work. — J. G. Holland

One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards. — Zig Ziglar

The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. — Elbert Hubbard

The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself. To be gentle with oneself. To look at the world without blinders on. To observe and withstand what one sees. To be disciplined, and at the same time, take risks. To be willing to fail - not just once, but again and again, over the course of a lifetime. — Dani Shapiro

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