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continuing or repeating behavior — especially in spite of difficulties- The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.Napoleon Hill
- The persistence of a culture that does not adequately value formal education.
- The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.Albert Ellis
- Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.Hal Borland
- But more and more often, and with greater persistence, he watched her.Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
- And brought Miss Hunter down from London in order to get rid of the disagreeable persistence of Mr. Fowler.Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- What was unusual about Arthur Sallis was the persistence of his desire to make something of his life, in spite of the odds against him.Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
- He was rewarded for his persistence, for his emotions.R.A. Salvatore -- The Crystal Shard
- Still .... perhaps human persistence was an asset.Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
- THE TREE OF PARADISE But persistence at last met with its reward.Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
- Sampson, feeling hopeless, but somehow having too much persistence and determination to give up, suddenly had an inspiration.Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
- It was not at all the "artist's studio" of which, because of its persistence in fiction, she had dreamed.Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
- Exhausted by her persistence, Louie finally agreed to go, with one caveat: When Graham said, "Every head bowed, every eye closed," they were leaving.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- 'Gone, gone,' the old woman replied with a crabby shrug, irritated by his persistence, her low wail growing louder.Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
- But your persistence has now put me in a difficult position.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- Lying on her back, motionless, and with staring eyes, she saw things but vaguely, although she tried to with idiotic persistence.Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
- His instinct would not permit him to attack her, while her persistence would not permit him to ignore her.Jack London -- White Fang
- There is actually a significant scientific literature measuring Asian "persistence."Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers
- Hopelessly, by sheer numbers and persistence, I was stilled, surrounded, and forced out of the rooms.Anne Rice -- Interview with the Vampire
- But persistence paid off and finally there was Renault on the line, the quiet hello, the calm voice but something else, something else.Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War