A Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard.

Malcolm Gladwell

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Malcolm Gladwell
Canadian - Author
Born: September 3, 1963

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

Malcolm Gladwell

I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk.

Malcolm Gladwell

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Colin Powell

Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.

Daniel Goleman

I grew up believing that the willingness and ability to work is the basic ingredient of successful farming. Hard, intelligent work is the key. Use it, and your chances for success are good.

Ezra Taft Benson

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

Robert Kiyosaki

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.

Kiana Tom

Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes time, hard work, persistence, patience, proper intent and self-awareness. The path to success is punctuated by failure, consolidation, and renewed effort.

Mark Twight

Perseverance isn't just the willingness to work hard. It's that plus the willingness to be stubborn about your own belief in yourself.

Merlin Olsen

I guess my mantra is you have to work really hard if you want something. You have to be committed to hard work and persistence even when it gets tough.

Vanessa Amorosi

Success Recipe: 2 cups faith, 2 cups love, 1 cup hard work, 1 cup persistence, 1 tbsp vision and a dash of swagger.

Jim Rohn

Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.

Martin Seligman

The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic.

Peter Lynch

Farm workers everywhere are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have proved it before through persistence, hard work, faith and willingness to sacrifice. We can win and keep our own self-respect and build a great union that will secure the spirit of all people if we do it through a re-dedication and re-commitment to the struggle for justice through non-violence.

Cesar Chavez

I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.

Irina Shayk

Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. ... Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.

Denis Waitley

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