Perseverance

Perseverance is the difference between winning and losing. Every person has within them the potential to get what they want. But only those who dare to continue when others have quit have the capability to get what they want.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits but not when it misses.
Sir Francis Bacon

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most reponsive to change.
Community Building on the Web: Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities, 2000
Charles Darwin

Only the paranoid survive.
Steven L. Kent

After all, the battle for market share is won not by analyzing demographic trends, rating points, and other global measures but rather by pleasing customers one at a time.
Mark Stevens

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Above all, though, it is a question of confidence. It is very easy to slip into negativity and hard to break out of it.
Matthew Stibbe

When the water reaches the upper deck, follow the rats.
Clause Swanson

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
Andrew Carnegie

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital.... The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
Andrew Carnegie

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
Andrew Carnegie

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.
The Book of Leadership Wisdom: Classic Writings by Legendary Business Leaders, 1998
Andrew Carnegie

The thorough man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result not of chance but of well devised means for the attainment of his ends.
Andrew Carnegie

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
Walt Disney

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.
Walt Disney

I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
Walt Disney

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Thomas A. Edison

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas A. Edison

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Thomas A. Edison

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
Thomas A. Edison

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.
Henry Ford

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it.
Henry Ford

There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.
Henry Ford

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Henry Ford

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
Henry Ford

Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them and then make our plans with confidence.
Henry Ford

If you take all the experience and judgment of men over fifty out of the world, there wouldn't be enough left to run it.
Henry Ford

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.
Henry Ford

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
Benjamin Franklin

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
Benjamin Franklin

So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.
Benjamin Franklin

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Benjamin Franklin

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.
Steve Jobs

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
Henry J. Kaiser

We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it.
Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald's

Its not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.
Edwin Land (1901-91), Polaroid Inventor

Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.
Edwin Land (1901-91), Polaroid Inventor

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
John D. Rockefeller

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
John D. Rockefeller

We're all working together; that's the secret.
Sam Walton

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle

If we're facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking
Buddhist Proverb

Perseverance is a great element of success. If only you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up something or somebody.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality.
Harold Geneen, former CEO ITT

The most powerful force in business isn't greed, fear, or even the raw energy of unbridled competition. The most powerful force in business is love. It's what will help your company grow and become stronger. It's what will propel your career forward. It's what will give you a sense of meaning and satisfaction in your work, which will help you do your best work.
Love Is The Killer App
Tim Sanders, Yahoo senior executive

Without the calling and commitment of your heart, there's no good reason for you to take a stand, to take a risk, to do what it takes to change your world for the better
The Radical Leap
Steve Farber

Just like a good customer, it's more effective to retain key employees than to replace them.
R.C. Mills, IBM

Rather than solving big, tough problems that everyone is focused on, solve small, easy problems that no one is looking at.
Ed

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
Sister Maria Roeck, Lutheran deaconess, pioneer in social and health care, early 20th century.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein

I'm a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson

High achievement comes from high aims
King Ching of Chou, 12th Century

I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don't dream I will make it, I won't even get close.
Henry J. Kaiser

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
Henry J. Kaiser

None of Us is as Good as All of Us.
Ray Kroc, Founder of McDonald's

I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.
Charles Schwab, American stockbroker

When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.
Charles Schwab, American stockbroker

The I.Q. of a mob always sinks to the lowest common denominator. The intelligence of a team that communicates well rises to its apex.
Chris Yukna

When I write an advertisement, I don't want you to tell me that you find it creative. I want you to find it so interesting that you buy the product.
David Ogilvy

Exceed your customers' expectations. Give them what they want and a little more. Let them know you appreciate them. Make good on all your mistakes and don't make excuses � apologise. If you do this, they will keep coming back.
Sam Walton, 1918-1992, American Businessman, Founder of Wal-Mart Stores

Control your expenses better than the competition. You can make a lot of different mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation.
Sam Walton, 1918-1992, American Businessman, Founder of Wal-Mart Stores

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
Oprah Winfrey

People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we don't disappoint them, maybe, just maybe, they won't disappoint us.
Walt Disney

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Benjamin Franklin

Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning.
Benjamin Franklin

Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin

When in doubt, don't.
Benjamin Franklin

Lend Money to an Enemy, and thou'lt gain him, to a Friend and thou'lt lose him.
Benjamin Franklin

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
Benjamin Franklin

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln

Vessels large may venture more, but little boats should keep near shore.
Benjamin Franklin

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Poor Richard's Almanac
Benjamin Franklin

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee.
Benjamin Franklin

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.
Poor Richard's Almanac
Benjamin Franklin

If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
Benjamin Franklin

When I was young, I worked for a capitalist twelve hours a day and I was always tired. Now I work for myself twenty hours a day and I never get tired.
Nikita Khrushchev

Rule 1: The customer is always right. Rule 2: If the customer is ever wrong, reread Rule 1.
Stew Leonard

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Christopher Morley

There`s no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can`t do any business from there.
Colonel Sanders

Good times, bad times, there will always be advertising. In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to.
Bruce Barton, British economist

There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.
Alfred P.Sloan, American businessman

In calm water every ship has a good captain.
Swedish proverb

Use your own best judgment at all times.
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
David L. Russell

The important thing is to not stop questioning.
Albert Einstein

You need to be first, best or different.
Loretta Lynn

No problem is so formidable that you can't just walk away from it.

Pay no attention to what critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Jean Sibelius

If I listen, I have the advantage. If I speak, the others have it.

If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost.

Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel Johnson

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping-stones to build the life you want.
Marsha Sinetar

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
Larry Bird

If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.
Donny Osmond

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Babe Ruth

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.
Mark Twain

For some reason, people take their cues from price action rather than from values. What doesn't work is when you start doing things that you don't understand or because they worked last week for somebody else. The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up.
Warren Buffett

I can't be involved in 50 or 75 things. That's a Noah's Ark way of investing- you end up with a zoo that way. I like to put meaningful amounts of money in a few things.
Warren Buffett

Look at stock market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy- profit from folly rather than participate in it.
Warren Buffett

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
Warren Buffett

It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
Warren Buffett

I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
Warren Buffett

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.
Warren Buffett

Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.
Warren Buffett

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.
Warren Buffett

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
Warren Buffett

What makes a good trader more than anything is the willingness to take losses.
Lew Gluckman

Strategic planning is worthless- unless there is first a strategic vision.
John Naisbitt