Quotes About Persistence

The first time you do the impossible, it may take a little longer.

The path to peace is difficult" -H.W. Marsworth

Your good work wasn't wasted, because good work never is" -H.W. Marsworth

here after we go.

I now think it takes more faith to name our need than to keep believing that something will happen and not doing anything about it. It takes faith, and great courage, to get help, to take the first painful step toward the dream that is in our hearts...I know now that you can look at bricks and cement for years, believing in the vision of a home, but until you get down on your hands and knees and start to build, it will remain a dream.

The human spirit is tremendously resilient. It can withstand the most horrific of circumstances, whether of human or divine creation... It is not these larger-than-life situations that beat us. It's the little things.

because you, my dear, are becoming David King's wife. Many have tried, but they all failed. They don't have that Baker girl

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

Sometimes mountains move, one rock at a time.

If you suffer misfortune … do you damnedest to ignore it. Wallowing in what-might-have-beens and what-could have-happeneds will only keep your emotional wounds festering.

She couldn't get past him. After another minute, she screamed, "You'll never take me alive! I'll never let you get me to a secondary location!

Lock grinned at Gwen. "He's fun," he said, reaching out and cuffing Mitch without even looking at him. "He just keeps trying to get back up." Bam! "It's great." Bam! "Like 'The Little Lion Who Could.'" Bam!

You can't be hungry." "You keep saying that like you expect my answer to change.

No, he wasn't letting Dez MacDermot get away. He'd take her down like his ancestors took down full-grown zebra.

Like heavy-duty Tupperware, Blayne kept bouncing back.

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.

If I have to write on an airplane or get up early to write or write late, you just gotta sit down. When you have the time, you have to be able to do it.

Acting careers are very interesting things. They come with a lot of ups and downs. You just have to ride the waves and bide your time during the lulls, and enjoy the high times when they're there.

In the end, it's all about taking your time and enjoying the journey without worrying too much about the destination.

I try to pester Christian Dunn from time to time. As soon as my schedule allows, I plan to make a real pest of myself and get some hot, slippery Chaos action.

I've done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most of the time.

Most of the time after the US Open, it is kind of like you are trying to finish strong. But to do it five years and maybe six is something that has never been done before, so it is a huge challenge.

If anyone saw Fall Out Boy's first 400 shows, we were the worst band of all time.

The only way to get better at stand-up is to do loads of gigs, and I don't know. I spread myself pretty thin to get the stage time. I'd love to do more, really.