As a Dallas Photographer who spends as much time writing quotes and managing client relationships as I do shooting photos, I've learned that patience and, perhaps more importantly, persistence are cornerstones to operating a successful business. Here are some words of wisdom...
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. ~ Albert Einstein
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ~ Ann Landers
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle
Energy and persistence conquer all things. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. ~ Bill Bradley
Champions keep playing until they get it right. ~ Billy Jean King
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. ~ Calvin Coolidge
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. ~ Colin Powell
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. ~ Dale Carnegie
Talent is nothing without persistence. ~ Dean Crawford
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. ~ James A. Michener
Money grows on the tree of persistence. ~ Japanese Proverb
The key of persistence opens all doors closed by resistance ~ John Di Lemme
Slight persistent effort can move you successfully forward in anything you do. ~ Kelli Wilson
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. ~ Louis Pasteur
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time. ~ Marabel Morgan
If you can't fly, then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
It always seems impossible until it is done. ~ Nelson Mandela
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ~ Newt Gingrich
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. ~ Ray Kroc
To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich
If you do not have persistence then no amount of education, talent, or genius can make up for it. ~ Stephen Richards
The most certain way to succeed is to always try just one more time. ~ Thomas Edison
With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. ~ Thomas Foxwell Buxton
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. ~ Thomas Jefferson
We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are. ~ Tobias Wolff
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. ~ William James
Continuous effort--not strength or intelligence--is the key to unlocking our potential. ~ Winston Churchill
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." ~ Winston Churchill
Consider the postage stamp: Its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. ~ Josh Billings