Home » Quote » Napoleon Hill » „Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.“ „Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.“ — Napoleon Hill Related quotes „A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.“ — Friedrich Nietzsche „My first impression of the man as of steel was consolidated and enhanced.“ — Bram Stoker „Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.“ — Swami Vivekananda „The dark ages still reign over all humanity, and the depth and persistence of this domination are only now becoming clear.This Dark Ages prison has no steel bars, chains, or locks. Instead, it is locked by misorientation and built of misinformation.“ — Buckminster Fuller „A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.“ — Confucius