Quotes About Persistence

That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.

A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

It will come all right in the end. There is the steady impulse of your determination that sets you on your feet again after every downfall. Gradually the obstacles are all overcome and your current becomes stronger. Everything comes right in the end. Steady determination is what is required. (p. 27)

All great talents are never found in rich exquisite locales with perfect setting that enhance their creative works, but on the contrary are found in the most obnoxious circumstances yet are unaffected by them and create masterpieces at the most unpredictable situations, just like a lotus flower blossoming in a muddy pond!

Unnapudu Ashwadinchaleni Vadiki, Lenapudu Badhapade Arahata Ledu!

You never FAIL, you either loose interest in what you pursue or move on to something that ignites Passion in YOU!

Hard work guarantees you nothing. But laziness assures

Justice will come when those who hope outweigh those who despair. Hope is a force that cannot be reckoned with, ya Hayaat.

We have to choices in this world; we either try to survive or to give up.

Old Demonology: '... And so forth. Not that success, for him, is sure, infallible But never has he been afraid to reach. His lesions are legion. But reaching is his rule.' - Gwendolyn Brooks

Laying another log on the fire of failure

Beckett's famous existential cry at the end of The Unnamable, which he now quoted aloud, just as he had many times throughout his life: "'You must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.

Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.

you have to be able to survive mistakes in order to learn, and you have to learn in order to create sustainable success

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.

A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

Follow your passions, believe in karma, and you won't have to chase your dreams, they will come to you.

Don't complain; just work harder.

If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.

And even though I did not reach the NFL, I sometimes think I got more from persuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, then I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.