"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

Bill Bradley

"At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And with steam, you can power a train. "

S.L. Parker

"A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence."

James N. Watkins

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

Albert Einstein

"We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are."

Tobias Wolff

"If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it."

Michael Jordan

"This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward."

Zig Ziglar

"Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there."

Josh Billings

"To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it."

Richelle E. Goodrich

"The key of persistence opens all doors closed by resistance."

John Di Leme

"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs."

Malcolm S. Forbes

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong."

Ella Jane Fitzgerald