Perseverance Quotes

Every great achievement required someone who refused to quit. These quotes tell that story.

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"Failure is just data that tells you to try a different approach."
Vera Rubin
"I've found that persistence is often more important than talent in science."
Vera Rubin
"Science requires both passion and patience."
Vera Rubin
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"Great discoveries in science often come from perseverance."
Francis Crick
"Life persists through cooperation at every scale of organization."
Lynn Margulis
"The history of life is the history of cooperation overcoming odds."
Lynn Margulis
"Life persists through the formation of relationships at every scale."
Lynn Margulis
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"I learned more from my failures than from my successes."
Lise Meitner
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"The path of a scientist is rarely straight or easy, but it is always worth walking."
Lise Meitner
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"The path to discovery is often marked by failure and disappointment."
Lise Meitner
"Persistence in observation is where breakthroughs hide. You must be willing to look where others don't."
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"I chose never to let disappointment become bitterness; instead, I let it become determination."
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"Science teaches that the path to truth is rarely straight, but it is always worth walking."
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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"I always tried to do the very best I could."
Grace Hopper
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"I did my job as best I could."
Grace Hopper
"The sky holds secrets that patience and persistence will eventually reveal."
Vera Rubin
"Persistence in science means accepting that you will be wrong many times before you are right."
Vera Rubin
"The biggest discoveries require patience, precision, and an unwillingness to accept easy answers."
Vera Rubin
"Dark matter, once unknown, became known through patience and mathematics."
Vera Rubin
"Persistence in science means accepting failure as a form of learning."
Vera Rubin
"The greatest discoveries require the greatest persistence."
Vera Rubin
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"Perseverance in the face of setback is a mark of intellectual integrity."
Richard Dawkins
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"Perseverance in understanding is more valuable than certainty in ignorance."
Richard Dawkins
"I've learned that persistence in the face of doubt is its own form of victory."
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"The signals from space taught me that persistence pays off."
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"The universe teaches that patience and persistence are synonymous."
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."
George Washington Carver
"Failure is just fertilizer for success."
George Washington Carver
"Each time one masters a difficulty one feels much stronger."
Alan Turing
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"Being a first means you will have to put up with a lot of nonsense."
Grace Hopper