There's sort of a persistent misperception that talking about race is black folk's burden. Ultimately, only men can end sexism, and only white people can end racism.
The truth of the matter is that the people who succeed in the arts most often are the people who get up again after getting knocked down. Persistence is critical.
At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging.
"There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else -- but persistent.
The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.
There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around.
Writing is difficult. You do it all alone without encouragement and without any certainty that you'll ever be published or paid or even that you'll be able to finish the particular work you've begun. It isn't easy to persist amid all that. [...] Some...
Forgiveness is healing—everything is energy—thoughts create—we are all connected—what you resist persists—true love never dies—the soul’s immortality is the only true immortality—
Being a mother was like being trapped in the first fifteen minutes of a horror film. Everything was fine, lovely. But there was this persistent sense of dread.
I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-" "It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule.
... if they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change the rock forever. And it will never change back." - Zoe
It's only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work
When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one purpose only: you need to change everything and move forward.
I don't know why people persist in believing women are inferior, when it is quite clear that men are the more feeble-minded of the two.
Any training is initially difficult, but with persistence practice, we can master the art.
Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.
my imagination persisted in sticking horrors into the dark- so I stuck my imagination into the dark instead, and let it look out at me.
As long as she persisted in her belief that bafflement justified her actions, she felt confident no one would contradict her.
I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.
It is not always possible to do away with negative thinking, but with persistence and practice, one can gain mastery over them so that they do not take the upper hand.
