Quotes About Persistence

And sometimes, when you think you've finally reached the end of the game, suddenly you find yourself standing at the start of a whole new level. A level that you've never seen before. And the only thing you can do is keep right on playing. Because the game that is your life still isn't over yet. And there's no telling how far you might be able to get, what you might discover, or who you might meet when you get there.

was sticking.

Well, I'm no Yngwie Malmsteen or anything," I said. "I'm still learning.

And you can bet that Galileo, Newton, and Einstein never would have made their discoveries if they hadn't first been able to clear their heads by slapping the salami (or "knocking a few protons off the old hydrogen atom"). The same goes for Marie Curie. Before she discovered radium, you can be certain she first discovered the little man in the canoe. It

And sometimes, when you think you've finally reached the end of the game, suddenly you find yourself standing at the start of a whole new level. A level that you've never seen before. And the only thing you can do is keep right on playing. Because the game that is your life still isn't over yet. And there's no telling how far you might be able to get, what you might discover, or who you might meet when you get there.

Der Vorhang ist noch nicht gefallen, oder?' Ich nickte. 'Es ist erst vorbei, wenn es vorbei ist. Und das ist es noch lange nicht.

The same goes for Marie Curie. Before she discovered radium, you can be certain she first discovered the little man in the canoe.

Life was like an extremely difficult, horribly unbalanced video game. But sometimes the game can have a surprise ending. And sometimes, when you think you've reached the end of the game, suddenly you find yourself standing in front of a whole new level. A level you've never seen before. And the only thing you can do is keep right on playing.

The moment I began searching for the egg, the future no longer seemed so bleak.

The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.

You write until you come to a place where you still have your juice and know what will happen next and you stop and try to live through until the next day when you hit it again.

For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try…

Read. Read. Read. Write. Write. Write.

We ain't giving up," I said. "We done gone this far.

Anyone can do the job when things are going right. In this business we play for keeps.

Some give the impression they go on living only because it's a habit they cannot shake

No se vive celebrando victorias, sino superando derrotas.

People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.

There's a standard formula for success in the entertainment medium, and that is: "Beat it to death if it succeeds."

Our whole life is solving puzzles.

Blessed is the Second mouse for he shall inherit the Cheese.

As the sick man does not skip and leap around, his wishes do so all the more.

Human nature is indeed indestructible.