Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Marilyn Vos Savant

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. James Whitcomb Riley

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal -- a commitment to excellence -- that will enable you to attain the success you seek. Mario Andretti

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. Abraham Lincoln

Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. Florence Scovel Shinn

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until its done, and done right. Walt Disney

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. B. C. Forbes

I do not ask to walk smooth paths nor bear and easy load. I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock-strewn road. Gail Brook Burket

If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. Of course, no one would have remembered him either. Author Unknown

If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on. Mary Caroline Richards

It was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that built this bridge. John J. Watson

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it. Margaret Thatcher

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep. Denis Waitley

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories. Bjorn Borg

Click to buy and download Personal Development Quotes today.
Click to buy and download Business Motivational Quotes today.
Click to buy and download Relationship Inspirational Quotes today.

Click here toSubmitA Quoteto Words With Meaning Pty Ltd.