Quotes About Persistence

Well, you get out of bed, you eat your grits, say hey to your neighbor, you give extra love to her children, and you live your life. The sun is a pretty stubborn guy, and he'll rise each day just to spite you. But life does go on.

The sun is a pretty stubborn guy, and he'll rise each day just to spite you.

and fallen yet managed to pull themselves back up. People who were brave enough to try again in a place known for its extremes, or simply too hardheaded to admit defeat.

Kari Sutherland

Den mätta dagen, den är aldrig störst Den bästa dagen, är en dag av törst Nog finns det mål och mening i vår färd Men det är vägen, som är mödan värd

palabra era como agitar un paño rojo delante de sus ojos. No se dio por vencido, siguió dando golpes con

There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination - Jimmy Dean

If you can't say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

The Show Must Go On

she had begun to learn that success was sometimes simply a matter of having the courage to proceed in the direction of one's dreams.

The parts of life that hurt and make us sick and tired, those are the places to start digging. Dig also in those places where you've been taken to the limit as well as those that lie motionless and at a standstill. The land of the soul is an open field for digging, and any sign of disturbing activity or suspicious inactivity is a big clue about where to start.

working. They had the hood

What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?

It is all stone upon stone, one at a time, relentless as cells. . . . And stone is the DNA of the exterior world.

Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.

I will either find a way, or make one.

But each new vexation brought the memory of the last, and the fact that it had been solved. Vexation was vexing, but idleness was like death.

But the idea was stronger than the impossibility of it. Even to recognise that longing and give voice to it was a kind of power.

A woman can do many things, but she has to bide her time.

Life is always going to get in the way of our best intentions and most well-made plans.

Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier...It just makes you less likely to quit.

So this was it. You take a wrong step and you end up wearing yesterday's underwear, sitting on the carpet trying to teach yourself how to knit. And even that doesn't work. She never expected it to be so hard. Life.