Quotes About Persistence

Tesla was never one to chase recognition—he was after the pure thrill of discovery and creation.

diagrammed the motor in the sand while his friend watched, unsure of what to think. After all, such a machine was theoretically impossible. In fact, seven years earlier, his professor at a college in Austria ridiculed him for suggesting that direct current generators could

became known, was slow and expensive. Delays in receiving equipment plagued Tesla due to the complicated and unusual nature of his designs. In 1903, the tower structure was nearly complete, and the transmitter was operational. As testing began, residents in the area reported seeing "all sorts

I am lord of Asia. Come to me, and you shall receive all that you can ask. But if you deny my right as your lord, stand and fight for your kingdom. I will seek you wherever you are.

Greatness does not come lightly. It requires that you make sacrifices of time, interests, and--sometimes--possessions. The further you move toward greatness, the more greatness demands from you.

Greatness does not come lightly. It requires that you make sacrifices of time, interests, and--sometimes--possessions. The further you move toward greatness, the more greatness demands from you. But all barriers yield to one mythical quality: drive. The will to persist and overcome. To never give up. To never accept defeat. Few stories better illustrate this better than the life of one of the most extraordinary warriors the world has even known; a man of legendary ambition,

How do we explain such unintuitive findings? While many theories were put forth, there was one common factor that researchers recognized in all great performers: they practiced so hard and intensely that it hurt.

Studies of people with extraordinary abilities, like Ted Williams, have given rise to what Swedish psychologist Dr. K Anders Ericsson called the "10,000 hour" rule. The rule's premise is that, regardless of whether one has an innate aptitude for an activity or not, mastery of it takes around ten thousand hours of focused, intentional practice. Analyzing the lives of geniuses in a wide range of intellectual, artistic, and athletic pursuits confirms this concept.

I don't really necessarily think I'm a funny guy, but I like the opportunity to take on something that I don't feel I'm the best at doing.

Something had been buried that was not yet dead.

Denn Hoffnung ist nichts anderes als eine Scherbe im Fuß, hatte sie irgendwo einmal gelesen, die ewig schmerzt, bis man sie endlich herauszieht.

Der Klügere gibt nie nach. Er wartet nur auf den passenden Moment, um zuzuschlagen.

She chastised me roundly for my "failings". I prefer to call them uneven successes.

Try to take a shortcut, but I get cut again and again

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Ad astra per aspera. (To the stars through difficulties.)

Hold serve,Hold serve,Hold serve. Focus,Focus,Focus. Be confident,Be confident,Be confident. Hold serve. Hold,Hold,Hold. Move Up, Attack, Kill. Smile. Hold!!!

A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they recover when they fall. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. I've had to learn to fight all my life-got to learn to keep smiling.

The world knows me as someone who puts so much time and hard work into my game and through it all I've realized you have to find the joys that make the journey worth it.

I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream.

There is no such thing as an unsolvable problem.

El prejuicio con la velocidad es más fuerte que con la lentitud; nadie parece haberse puesto a pensar que aquel a quien las cosas le llevan mucho tiempo puede estar, más que dedicándose concienzudamente al asunto, en alguna clase de dificultad.

A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner.

Determination, of course, being nothing more than anger with brakes and a steering wheel.