Nothing in this 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.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances.

Nelson Mandela said: ‘It always seems impossible until it’s done.’ Peace is possible.

You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.

Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide‘ll turn.

Never give up on what you really want to do

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

The best revenge is massive success.

Many of life‘s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it!

Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

There is no such thing as failure, there’s just giving up too soon.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

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

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

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