Napoleon Hill was an author on motivation, personal development, and success.  Here are some of his thoughts on persistence:

• Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel
• When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve
• The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job
• Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting
• The starting point of all achievement is desire
• Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success
• Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession
• There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it

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