The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft every day - the belief even in the face of obstacles that you've got something worth saying.

To make our way we must have firm resolve persistence tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.

I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.

Reality is merely an illusion albeit a very persistent one.

When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence hard work and hiring good people.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Ambition is the path to success persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

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.

Flaming enthusiasm backed up by horse sense and persistence is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads how to follow how to connect find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.