Quotes About Persistence

That's it. Gently now," Reagan said to Nellie. "We'll move onto the hard stuff tomorrow." "This...isn't...the hard stuff?" Nellie spit out through gritted teeth. Reagan grinned. "You really hate me right now, don't you?" "Immeasurably." "Good. Give me ten.

There was no room to ask whether he could do it or not. He had to.

consider that you can commit to little as five minutes a day. The highest form of discipline is consistency: powerful transformation can come from regularity.

Want houden van is gauwer gezegd dan langer gedaan maar soms komt het in het donker op gang en dan is er verder geen houden meer aan.

You don't enter a dance studio and say "I can't do that." If you do, then why are you in the studio in the first place?

Ain't easy turning loose of heartache. Sometimes we take a step forward and then fall back to our old ways. When that happens, you jest gotta admit it and try again.

An answering smile drifted across his tanned face. "What is mine, I intend to keep.

It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is.

need to read my Advantages Response Card at least twice a day if I want to resist temptation. It'll take only a few seconds. It's not a big deal. I might not need it psychologically today, but I'll need it soon. I have to cement these reasons in my mind for when the going gets tough.

Az a helyzet, hogy sokan kerül? úton találják meg a vágyat. Ha a vágy nem találja meg önt, akkor önnek kell elindulnia, hogy megkeresse, és ez az út azért különösen nehéz, mert a cél ismeretlen. A lényeg mégis az, hogy útnak induljunk.

Even after the

The secret was to let the monster bearing down on you know that you had a path and you were sticking to it. The secret was to take your time.

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.

A]ber eigentlich ist doch gerade ein starker Wille das Markenzeichen des schwachen Menschen. Denn als solcher muss er ständig etwas wollen. Er muss wirken und werken, probieren und trainieren, derweil dem Starken alles wie von selbst gelingt.

Wenn der Weg weit ist, lässt man sich am besten von Anfang an Zeit.

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.

Write every day. Even if it's only a letter.

I find it helpful when I stop for the day to leave the last sentence unfinished or the last paragraph only lightly sketched out, so that when I start again I can pick up where I left off the day before.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

Pray to catch the bus, then run as fast as you can.

But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?" Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.

Often it is tenacity, not talent, that rules the day.

nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.