#persist

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous. (So the old bamboozles tend to persist as the new bamboozles rise.) ↗

— Carl Sagan

#truth #persistence

As long as you like me the best. And you think I’m good-looking—sort of. I’m prepared to be annoyingly persistent. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#sweet-talk #persistence

As long as there’s breath in You - PERSIST! ↗

— Bernard Kelvin Clive

#persistence #inspirational

Patience can be bitter but her fruit is always sweet. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#determination #hard-work #inspirational #patience #persistence

Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself. ↗

— John Bingham

#persistance #running #inspirational

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#enterprise #hard-work #inspirational #perseverance #persistence

One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#mistakes #persistence #inspirational

Persistence is the key to solving most mysteries. ↗

— Christopher Pike

#joel-drake #persistence #inspirational

Persistence wears down resistance. ↗

— William J Federer

#logic #logical-thinking #persist #persistance #resist

We on our part will stick to our independent foreign policy of peace, acting forever as a strong defender of world peace and a persistent proponent of common development. ↗

— Jinato Hu

#common #defender #development #foreign #foreign policy