Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line.

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.