Persist Quotes

It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable.

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you`re working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

If fuel prices persist at current levels, then the potential exists for the current year performance to be around 40 percent below the 2005 result.

If fuel prices persist at current levels then the potential exists for the current year`s performance to be around 40% below 2005,

There`s an old maxim that says, `Things that work persist,` which is why there`s still Cobol floating around.

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.

We will make every effort to unify all ethnic groups, to strengthen belief in Taiwan and to persist in reform.

I do recognise that, where recruitment difficulties persist, teachers can be put under great pressure.

After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.

Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased.

There`s an old maxim that says, `Things that work persist,` which is why there`s still Cobol floating around.

(t)hose...who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin, are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

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