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Quotes About Persistence

Maar als je genoeg kikkers kust, kom je vanzelf wel een prins tegen.
~ Shanna Swendson
Springtime is my favorite. Winter is so cold and miserable but if we just keep going, if we just keep waiting, the world comes back to life. Every year. Every time. The bad times have to end and beauty always wins.
~ Shannon Guymon
Get back in my cot, girl," said Gilsa. "You're sickly." No, I'm not," said Ani. Oh, no? Well, maybe stubbornness is a sickness, did you ever think of that?
~ Shannon Hale
No wolf falters before the bite, so strike. No hawk wavers before the dive, so swing. No sun pauses before the set, just strike. No rain delays before the fall, just swing.
~ Shannon Hale
Time is a wind that keeps blowing in my face and mumbling words that don't make sense.
~ Shannon Hale
As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.
~ Shannon Hale
You succeed because you're willing to give everything to your craft- everything!
~ Shannon Hale
SQUIRREL GIRL I thought plan b was when i punch them till they stop criming ANA SOFÍA We're gonna need more plans
~ Shannon Hale
I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.
~ Shannon Lucid
Of course her dumb Lab's going to do whatever it takes to retrieve the ball. What he craves more than freedom is companionship.
~ Shannon M Mullen
He must have screwed hundreds of girls in his effort to get that chick out of his system. Hadn't worked so far, but hey. He was nothing if not persistent.
~ Shannon McKenna
even when she wasn't
~ Shannon Stacey
Patience comes to those who wait.
~ Shannon Wheeler
excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. you are what you repeatedly do
~ Shaquille O'Neal
Don't give up your dreams.
~ Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Waiting was sometimes the most proactive thing a person could do.
~ Sharon Carter Rogers
Sometimes when you are trying not to think about something it keeps popping back in your head you can't help it you think about it and think about it and think about it until your brain feels like a squashed pea.
~ Sharon Creech
Don't be in too much of a rush to be published. There is enormous value in listening and reading and writing—and then putting your words away for weeks or months–and then returning to your work to polish it some more.
~ Sharon Creech
Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.
~ Sharon L. Lechter
Before great success comes, you will surely meet with temporary defeat. When people are overtaken by these feelings, the easiest and perhaps most logical thing to do is to quit. Quitting is exactly what the majority of people do.
~ Sharon L. Lechter
Many authors have the "write it and it will sell" attitude and are sadly disappointed when their book sales don't explode. Successful authors know that they are their best marketing tool. You must doggedly promote, consistently reach out to media and scheduled events, capitalize on social media to spread the news, and commit to persistently promote your book for it to succeed.
~ Sharon L. Lechter
Never quit, we are always 3 feet from Gold.
~ Sharon Lechter and Greg Reid
I tried so hard, I farted! Mrs.
~ Sharon M. Draper
Long as you remember, ain't nothin' really gone.
~ Sharon M. Draper