The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
James Whitcomb Riley
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
Dennis Waitley
It ain't about how hard you can hit. Its about how hard you can get hit, and how much you can take, and keep moving forward.
Rocky Balboa
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle
God is with those who persevere.
quran
If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.
Mary Pickford
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
Newt Gingrich
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
John Quincy Adams
Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.
Napolon Bonaparte
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
Unknown
For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Mary Kay Ash