Quotes About Persistence

A man saw a ball of gold in the sky; He climbed for it, And eventually he achieved it -- It was clay. Now this is the strange part: When the man went to the earth And looked again, Lo, there was the ball of gold. Now this is the strange part: It was a ball of gold. Aye, by the heavens, it was a ball of gold.

but his body persisted in rebellion and his senses nagged at him like pampered babies.

I SAW A MAN PURSUING THE HORIZON; ROUND AND ROUND THEY SPED. I WAS DISTURBED AT THIS; I ACCOSTED THE MAN. IT IS FUTILE, I SAID, YOU CAN NEVER— YOU LIE, HE CRIED, AND RAN ON.

A dog, a woman, an' a walnut tree, Th' more yeh beat 'em, th' better they be! That's like us.

There are trees growing in Philadelphia (at Fourth and Spruce Streets) and the University of Virginia (at Morea, a guest house) today that grew from the cuttings Lewis sent.

Winters and Welsh simply walked toward the man, who took off. The Americans split the silverware between them. Forty-five years later, both men were still using the Berchtesgaden Hof's silverware in their homes. After getting what he most wanted out of the place, Winters then

You should give up.' 'Why?' 'For one thing, you'll live longer.' 'Oh, you don't live longer. It just seems longer.

As Yoda had expressed it a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: "Do. Or do not. There is no try.

Sisyphus is still there in the halls of Tartarus, pushing that boulder up the hill and getting almost to the top before it rolls back down and he has to start once again.

Because it's not perfect, let's not bother. That's crazy! Even if we take three steps forward and two and a half back it's still going half a foot forward.

It matters if you just don't give up.

So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up. Unleash your imagination. Shape the future.

While there's life, there is hope.

So, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult may life seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up. Unleash your imagination. Shape the future.

Whatever happens on earth, the rest of the universe will carry on regardless.

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up.

My disability makes this rather a slow process, so I had plenty of time.

if you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up: there is a way out!

When there's life, there's hope

If you feel you are trapped in a black hole, don't give up. There is a way out.

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up. Unleash your imagination. Shape the future.

While there's life, there is hope .

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up.

Stephen Hunter