Quotes About Persistence

You turn often enough, you end up straight ahead again.

As long as you can go on creating new roles for yourself, you are not vanquished.

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

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Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.

Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what you've achieved.

Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem, difficile est, verum hoc qua lubet efficias.

And let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Well may you do this to one who can endure it.

Apparently, philosophy persists, even though less obviously and less insistently than once. If John has trimmed his interests to conform to the expectations of the adult world, that's a shame. But if he has simply moved on to other interests, that's natural enough. There's more to life than philosophy.

You have to be ready for hard work and frugal spending to get the idea off the ground.

Lifes a maze, you have to keep trying until you hit the right path

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.

The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves.

Do not tarry, do not stop, no matter what happens.

To finish the race first, you must first finish the race.

One more lap, Denny! One more lap! Faster!

the race is long—to finish first, first you must finish.

Yes: the race is long-to finish first, first you must finish. ~p206

Success at any endeavor on an elite level demands selfishness.

I'm sure my father was a terrier. Because terriers are problem solvers. They'll do what you tell them, but only if it happens to be in line with what they wanted to do anyway.

A winner, a champion, will accept his fate. He will continue with his wheels in the dirt. He will do his best to maintain his line and gradually get himself back on the track when it is safe to do so. Yes, he loses a few places in the race. Yes, he is at a disadvantage. But he is still racing. He is still alive. The

Faster, the wind presses against my face as I run, faster, I feel my heart beating wildly and I bark twice to tell him, to tell everyone in the world, to say faster! I bark twice so he knows, so he remembers. What I want now is what I've always wanted. One more lap, Denny! One more lap! Faster!

The race is long. To finish first, you must first finish.