Notables and Quotables
Perseverance
“A river cuts through rock not because of its power, but because of its persistence.”
- Jim Watkins, American author
“Perseverance is stubbornness with a purpose.”
- Josh Shipp, American motivational speaker
“Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.”
- Chris Bradford, English Author
“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.”
- Machiavelli, Italian Philosopher
“There is no education like adversity.”
- Benjamin Disraeli, English Politician
“If you survived a storm, you won’t be bothered by the rain.”
- Chinese Proverb
“To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.”
- Winston Churchill, English Politician
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.”
- Walter Elliot, Scottish Politician
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
- Confucius, Chinese Philosopher
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
- Henry Ford, American Businessman
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