Quotes About Persistence

I worked so hard to understand it that it must be true.

And as for those who might have been following me, odds are I lost them long, long ago. Nothing to do but keep on driving as clearly as if I hadn't, flashing my change of lane and exit, in case there's anyone who needs to know.

As for my writing. I like it enough to keep going. I dislike it enough to keep going

God wants to give you victory, but He can only do it if you show up for the battle.

Many more Mondays, many more games.

She would not fail this night. Nothing would stop her. Cassandra worked around to the far

An old Churchill slogan popped into Gray's head. If you're going through hell, keep going.

He counted his steps. That was how you got through tough things. You counted. Once you said, "one," then you knew "two" was coming, and "three" right after that.

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.

In creating, the only hard thing's to begin;A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak.

You've gut to git up airlyEf you want to take in God.

You keep writing because it's the only way to finish the book.

Don't give up. I don't think any other advice works. Writing is one of those things where you just have to do it. There will be far more people to discourage you than to encourage you. The time never comes to you, the inspiration doesn't come to you. You just sit down and do it." – James Lee Burke

Sometimes writing a novel feels about as rewarding as turning a spit in the fires of hell.

When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb with a pencil and a ten-cent notebook, and start the whole thing all over again." – Preston Sturges

at least ten writing sessions.

Keep writing. Get to the end. Don't allow yourself to abandon the project. You must finish what you write. But what, you ask, if I have a chaotic mess at the end? Celebrate. This is the way it usually is, even for veteran novelists.

Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?

I'm useless. I quit everything I try.' 'That doesn't make you useless. It means you haven't quit on finding the thing that's right for you.

pair of Jacks. Not much of a hand." "We'll play what we're dealt. That's what we always do.

If you let conditions stop you from working, they'll always stop you.

All his life he had wished and waited, and there had been no change, except for the worse.

He was still where he had always been. Just hoping.

Stick to your teaching, Miss Alcott. You can't write.