Persistence and Tenacity

A few excellent quotes to inspire you (and me):

"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."

Nelson Mandela, South African leader

“I haven't failed. I've found 10,000 ways that don't work.”
Thomas Edison (1847-1931);
Inventor, Businessman

“I think and think for months and years, ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”
Albert Einstein (1879-1955);
Theoretical Physicist, Philosopher, Nobel Prize Winner

“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. The slogan “Press On” has solved and will always solve the problems of the human race.”
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933);
30th Us President

“If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.”
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933);
30th Us President

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
Robert J. Collier (1876-1918);
Writer

“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.”
F. Scott Fiztgerald (1896-1940);
Novelist, Screenwriter

“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others let go.”
William Feather

“Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.”
Malcolm S. Forbes (1919-1990);
Publisher

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1886);
Author

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t. ”
Thomas Edison (1847-1931);
Inventor, Businessman

Just when the caterpillar thought its life was over, it became a butterfly.. Proverb