Quotes About Persistence

Jayfeather might be one of the best, but there were days when being trained by a badger might be easier.

I have traveled so far and loved so much, and yet I am still following the Sun Trail, heading for my new hunting grounds.

The greatest hunter is one who knows how to wait.

With this life I give you endurance. Use it to keep going, even when you feel as though all hope and strength have left you.

Strength, courage, compassion, hope, forgiveness, persistence, acceptance, loyalty, and love. These were gifts he carried with him now.

With this life, I give you persistence." A bolt of energy, as fierce as lightning, seared through Tigerheart. He stiffened against the pain, but it melted into a soft warmth through which he could feel the strong steady beat of his heart. "Don't let failure sap your determination or rejection change your mind. A true leader tries as many times as it takes to succeed.

Speed isn't everything," Stonepelt told her. "A warrior who runs ahead of the prey catches less.

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Keep your eyes open, Fireheart. Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crow-food.

I'm going. But I'll be back; you can be sure of that. I'll be revenged on you all!" He padded unevenly away from the Highrock. As he drew close to Fireheart he paused, drawing his lips back in a snarl. "And as for you . . ." he hissed. "Keep your eyes open, Fireheart. Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crow-food.

I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.

I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day.

Life is a sculpture, chip, chip, chip. In good time, with good patience, even the most formidable rock can be shaped.

Finished, it's finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished. Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there's a heap, a little heap, the impossible heap.

We may reason on to our heart's content, the fog won't lift.

The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.

You know as well as I do that your voice is just pandering to a biased audience. No matter how twisted your games, the truth will always unravel them.

With good cooking and a patient but persistent approach at mealtimes, it could be food that was both good for the children and enjoyable.

We are all descended from survivors, and survivors were the chubby ones.

Men's best successes come after their disappointments.

The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is- it must be something you cannot possibly do." Henry Moore

No one misses out on the hardness of life. Everyone just tries to find what happiness and beauty they can. p343

In the concrete jungle it's sink or swim: you can't be timid or tentative; you have to forge through, make your mark, enter the fray.

I walk down the street, I fall down a hole. It takes me forever to figure out how to climb out. I walk down the street, fall down a hole, this time I know how to get out. I walk down the street, I walk around the hole. Next time I walk down a different street!