Quotes about Tenacity

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

He conquers who endures.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Put the greatest emphasis on what's in you; your knowledge, your wisdom, your inner strength, your character, your tenacity and people will look through the box and always walk away with the product.

I doubt if a charging elephant, or a rhino, is as determined or hard to check as a socially ambitious mother.

If there is a tenacious burning desire in the pit of your stomach, you become very difficult to discourage.

A twinkle lit his eyes. "And I'll tell you this, my bonny lass, I'm not of a mind to let you go either. Not without a good fight." She smiled at his brogue and at the mischievous gleam in his expression. "But if it's a fight you're wantin'"—he winked—"then you've come to the right man, my lady. Because I won't be lettin' you go without one.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.