Tenacity Quotes To Inspire Persistence & Success

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The following quotes are all about tenacity – an admirable trait that makes people unstoppable.

Tenacity is defined as the persistence or determination that someone shows in order to achieve something.

Those who are tenacious never give up, even when faced with difficulties or a lack of success, and they will try new ways to accomplish their goals.

A tenacious person approaches situations with a positive attitude and does not let past mistakes dictate future choices – instead, they learn from these mistakes and move forward with their goal in mind.

Tenacity is a quality that sometimes goes unrecognized, but this does not mean that it should go unappreciated. People who are tenacious can accomplish great feats, while still maintaining an open-mind to new ideas and the ability to change when needed.

Tenacity Quotes

 

 “Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” Harper Lee

 

 

“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” James A. Michener

 

“Tenacity is not about avoiding being overwhelmed but being indomitable in the face of the overwhelming odds of your venture’s failure.” Andy Dunn

 

“Achievement requires more than a vision – it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality.” Earl Nightingale

 

“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into the air.” John Quincy Adams

 

“Your tenacity is a larger deciding factor in your success than however good or bad an actor you may be. I feel like that’s just something that cannot be overstated enough for people getting into the business. You have to really want it more than anybody else.” Matt Letscher

 

“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” Teddy Roosevelt

 

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” Nelson Mandela

 

“Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper’s principle: The next mile is the only one a person really has to make.” Eric Sevareid

 

“I’m really not thick-skinned – my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally – but I know that I’ve got the belly for whatever comes down the pike. I think it’s tenacity. You’ve been there before, and you just have to recall, ‘How did I handle that one?’” Jerry Lewis

 

“The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge

 

“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” Louis Pasteur

 

Quotes About Having Tenacity In Life

 

“Constant dripping hollows out a stone.” Lucretius

 

“I live by two words: tenacity and gratitude.” Henry Winkler

 

“The great saints were always great innovators… They had to be very strong people… principled people. And, apart from their principles, with great tenacity they had to have great reserves of patience.” Colm Wilkinson

 

“Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” Thomas Carlyle

 

“When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.” Theodore Roosevelt

 

“The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.” Mahatma Gandhi

 

“Maintain that motivation to go from A to B and to keep your focus on that target without any weakening. That is called tenacity; stamina in your motivation.” Arsene Wenger

 

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas A. Edison

 

“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.” Ralph Bunche

 

“Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire.” Oswald Chambers

 

“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

Famous Quotes On Tenacity

 

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” Mary Anne Radmacher

 

“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” Muhammad Ali

 

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

 

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill

 

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” Maya Angelou

 

“Being a top performer – whether it’s in business or on the athletic field – requires grit and tenacity, as well as the continuous desire to become better.” Amy Morin

 

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” Amelia Earhart

 

“I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Albert Einstein

 

“A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.” Paul Sweeney

 

“To succeed in life in today’s world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.” Chin-Ning Chu

 

 

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.” Samuel Johnson

 

Being tenacious is such a strong, admirable quality to have. We can work on being more tenacious when faced with challenges and obstacles in life by building resilience and a growth mindset. For more inspirational quotes on this, be sure to check out:

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