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Someone said, "Failure is the line of least persistence." My mother
called it "stick-to-it." It generally boils down to a healthy
combination of faith and hard work, and it usually means success.
There is an idiomatic phrase in English about following the path (line) of least resistance. It usually means using the easiest possible method to accomplish a task while disregarding the quality of the results. Scientifically, liquids follow the line of least resistance when they flow downhill. The statement you quoted is a clever play on words based on the similarity in sound of persistance and resistance, but it means that people who are not persistant will fail.
Failure is the line of least persistence 
Many thanks in advance for your advice. 
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