Quotes About Persistence

nothing was insurmountable if I did what I knew ought to be done, little by little. My

What we do every day matters more than what we do once in a while.

How slow life is, how violent hope is.

I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only one worth living.

I have always tried to live in an ivory tower, but a tide of shit is beating at its walls, threatening to undermine it.

What an awful thing life is, isn't it? It's like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless.

When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write poetry at night are made for mediocre minds – like those horses that are equally good for saddle and carriage, the worst kind, that can neither jump a ditch nor pull a plow.

I have patience in all things – as far as the antechamber.

I am the obscure and patient pearl-fisherman who dives into the deepest waters and comes up with empty hands and a blue face.

Chaque soir, quand sa besogne était finie, il regagnait sa mansarde, et il cherchait dans les livres de quoi justifier ses rêves.

inconnus, s'enthousiasmait pour une oeuvre ou pour un homme, et, s'obstinant alors, ne regardant à rien, multipliait les courses, les correspondances, les réclames. Il se croyait fort honnête, et, dans son besoin d'expansion, racontait naïvement ses indélicatesses.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

El genio lo da Dios, pero el talento es cosa nuestra; con una inteligencia recta, amor a lo que se hace y una paciencia sin desfallecimientos, se llega a tenerlo

Poiché la parte vissuta della sua esistenza non era stata nulla di buono, la parte restante sarebbe stata certamente migliore.

Emma se sentí satisfeta interiorment creient que havia assolit d'un sol cop aquell rar ideal propi de les existències pàl·lides al qual els cors mediocres no podran arribar mai.

One may fall, perhaps, because there are ditches along the wayside and it is not always easy to follow the right path. But if one falls, that is no reason to throw oneself in the abyss.

If achieving success were easy, more people would do it.

Good enough is good enough. There is time for refinement later. It's not how great you start—it's how great you end up.

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

success may take a long time, so you'd better at least not hate what you're doing.

There is no shortcut to awesome. Zoe Winters

Reality is going kick your ass so far that not even Google will find you. The

Don't stop paying attention to a project because it gets boring.