Quotes About Tenacity

There is no 'chosen one,' there is no destiny, nobody wakes up one day and finds out they're amazing at something. There's just slamming your head into the wall, refusing to take no for an answer. Being relentless, until either the wall or your head breaks. You want to be a hero? You don't have to make some grand decision. There's no inspirational music, there's no montage. You just don't quit.

When I was 30, I used to wonder when I was going to quit playing. Use disorder worry about it. Now, I know I'm never going to quit.

When you're going through hell, keep going.

Runs end, running is forever.

And thus I kept doing it. Mile 20 passed. Mile 23 passed. Mile 26 passed. Running an ultra is simple; all you have to do is not stop.

what's the use of lying down to die as long as we can stand up and walk.

Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.

Fecklessness! We are never feckless," I told her coldly. "We are full to the brim with feck.

If stubbornness were water, I could sail on you to the ends of the earth.

I have seen enough of the world to know that women can scratch and claw and fight just as fiercely as men for what they want. Perhaps more.

Anyone can get lucky," he said coldly. "And I suspect your continued survival owes itself to a combination of good fortune and sheer bloody-mindedness. You are too stubborn to die.

Failure is not an option

Don't quit because it's hard. Quit because it's not hard enough

Fight for your life, it's the only one you've go

Pursue your goal. Opinions be damned.

Over the years, I've come to realize that determination makes one to punch above one's weight.

Remember how many people want to see you losing? It is your duty to make sure that they keep waiting... forever!

Keep Trying is what it means to resolve to do something.

Manuscript rejections might tempt you to quit writing or querying. Don't.

Those who win never quit.Those who quit never win.

The Show Must Go On!

Ordinary people never win.

Life is not about running away from your problems. It is about facing the problem, fixing it and then keep going until you stumble to another problem. The most important thing is never stopping.

It's okay to get emotional. It's okay to cry--and this is key--as long as you can play hurt.