Eric Sevareid Quotes

I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. No longer will I live in a dimension of distraction, my focus blown hither and yon like a leaf on a blustery day. I know the outcome I desire. I hold fast to my dreams. I stay the course. I do not quit.

Just put one foot in front of the other and don't worry about the length of the path. Once you get on that path, and the longer you stay on it, there eventually will come a time when you will not turn back.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

You really have to focus on what you're doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you.

In every human endeavor, persistence is everything.

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

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!

The will is the spirit of perseverance, and perseverance holds clear success.

You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.

I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.

Entrepreneurs don't finish when we are tired. We finish when we are done.

I have never met a successful person that was a quitter. Successful people never, ever, give up!

What I had that others didn't was a capacity for sticking to it.

When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness.

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

You have to be steadfast, and right now I'm on a stream train forward to make.

Perseverance, my dear Lord. Keeps honour bright.

Curiosity can bring guts out of hiding at times, maybe even get them going. But curiosity usually evaporates. Gust have to go for the long haul. Curiosity's like a fun friend you can't really trust. It turns you on and then it leaves you to make it on your own - with whatever guts you can muster

If the going is tough and the pressure is on, If the reserves of strength have been drained and the summit is still not in sight, then the quality to seek in the person is neither great strength nor quickness of hand, but rather a resolute mind firmly set on its purpose that refuses to let its body slack or rest.

If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence.

Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.

Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.