When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
— Zig Ziglar
Controversy Perseverance And Determination quotations
Determination and perseverance move the world;
thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.
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.
Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.
Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward
Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand
No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success.
Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.
There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!
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.
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.
There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.
Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real.
The desire for redemption drives you.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
There's always a way through things if you work hard enough and look close.
It all depends on your level of determination.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
To succeed, we must have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone, perseverance, self-reliance, and faith.
One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.
Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.
The world is full of educated derelicts.
Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance.
It's good to remember that success may be just beyond the next failure, and you'll get there, not because you're destined to, but because you're determined to.
All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount.
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.