Tenacity – Quotes

Their fiery advance and

Their fiery advance and great tenacity were well recognized by their opponents. Ernst Otto Fischer

I am a great believer in the simplicity of things and as you probably know I am inclined to hang on to broad & simple ideas like grim death until evidence is too strong for my tenacity. Ernest Rutherford

The mind is a

The mind is a magnet and we attract that with which we identify the self. In order to get the most out of life we must learn consciously to change many of our habitual thought patterns. This is not easy, for our old thought patterns cling to us with great tenacity, but, being thought patterns, … Read more

Tenacity is a pretty

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

Dying visions of angels

Dying visions of angels and Christ and God and heaven are confined to credibly good men. Why do not bad men have such visions? They die of all sorts of diseases; they have nervous temperaments; they even have creeds and hopes about the future which they cling to with very great tenacity; why do not … Read more

It was just so

It was just so in the American Revolution, in 1776, the first delicacy the men threw overboard in Boston harbor was the tea, woman’s favorite beverage. The tobacco and whiskey, though heavily taxed, they clung to with the tenacity of the devil-fish. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Luck is tenacity of

Luck is tenacity of purpose. Elbert Hubbard

A little more persistence,

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. Elbert Hubbard

Carolyn Maloney has extensive

Carolyn Maloney has extensive – she’s shown over and over again her creativity, her determination, her tenacity in fighting for women’s rights. She has passed a host of bills in many different areas, both national and global, with both national and global importance for women, and she’s on a Chair of Finance Committee so essentially … Read more

In the UK a

In the UK a lot of people don’t like to try. There’s a different cultural thing. Here [in USA] if you try and fail, you get up again and start again and keep going. People respect you for it. Even if you keep failing, they respect the tenacity. Eddie Izzard