Quotes About Persistence

Survival is a form of resistance.

Persistence can (sometimes) make things last but it doesn't always make things work. The muscle will harden wherever you give it exercise, but Endurance isn't always enough...Because Practice can make anything perfect ...even grief can become an art

But haven't all ambitious people something of the monstrous about them? You, sir, for instance, if you will forgive me, are a little bit monstrous.

Sometimes an ember is all we need.

But, that guy who quit also missed the real point. Good things come through grit and hard work, and all things worthwhile have a cost. In the case of the SAS, the cost was somewhere around a thousand barrels of sweat.

Life rewards the dogged, not the qualified.

Stick to the fight when you're hardest hit, It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

In every potential sponsor's eyes, I was a nobody. And soon I had notched up more rejection letters than is healthy for any one man to receive.

It was like climbing a mountain of waist-deep molasses while giving someone a fireman's carry, who, for good measure, was also trying to force a pair of frozen socks into your mouth. Nice.

Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? Is it the universe's way of reserving the best for those who can give the most? What I do know, from nature, is that the dawn only appears after the darkest hour.

20. Dreams Require Sacrifice The simple truth of life is that to get the things you really want, you will have to give up something else that you hold dear - whether it is your 'easy' life, your evening bar sessions, your comfort food or your time. Success requires sacrifice. Get used to it.

It's not rocket science: the rewards go to the dogged.

So, remember that our goals are reached by how we prepare and train in the many months before crunch time. Train right, and the summit or gold medal will be the inevitable culmination of your commitment. I like that, because it means the rewards go to the dogged rather than the brilliant.

The rewards go to the dogged rather than the brilliant.

As Harrison Ford once said: 'Them that stick it out are them that win.

You see, if you quit, you lose. But so long as you stick it out, you're still in with a chance. Life rewards the dogged, not the qualified. As Harrison Ford once said: 'Them that stick it out are them that win.

You gave more when others gave up. That's the difference.'

Sedmkrát spadni, osmkrát se zvedni.

ZkouÅ¡eli jste nÄ›kdy vyhrabat ze snÄ›hu auto? No tak zkuste vyhrabat lo? z antarktického ledu.

I knew that nothing good in life ever came from quitting; that there would be plenty of time for rest when the hard work was finished. But such thoughts are easier said than done when you are being broken.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." The dude who said this was dead right. Life is all about getting up again, dusting yourself down again, learning from the lessons, and then pushing on. And I did.

Trying often comes before failure. Endeavour more often leads to success. But they are just words, I hear you say. Why does it matter whether we say 'try' or 'endeavour'? It matters, believe me. Our words become our attitudes and our attitudes become our life.

Fail your way to success.

When we give up, we know our destiny. When we keep going, we earn the right to choose our fate.