Gary Hamel Quotes

Without patience, there can be no genius

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.

Victory; a matter of staying power.

The world belongs to those who persevere.

I believe persistence is a major key to success in any great endeavor. I want to remind folks to PERSIST in whatever they are tackling at the moment!

A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.

But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep.

A person who refuses to give up will always succeed eventually.

The way to succeed is never quit. That's it. But really be humble about it. ... You start out lowly and humble and you carefully try to learn an accretion of little things that help you get there.

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

... Change doesn't happen overnight-it's molded by people who don't give up

It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the power to achieve, but the will to labour energetically and perseveringly. Hence energy of will may be defined to be the very central power of character in a man-in a word, it is the Man himself.

You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are.

I've never given up. I've always kept going. I don't feel that I could afford to give up. That would be the beginning of the end.

I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.

Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality

If you hang in there long enough, you will eventually reach your goal.

Perseverance is king.

Enduring, or carrying on, is not just a matter of tolerating circumstances and hanging in there, but of pressing forward.

Courage changes things for the better...[With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.

Never give up! And remember, determination is as important as talent.

I suppose in order to succeed at something you have to be very persistent. I've never done that.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.