Quotes About Persistence

Greatness is never achieved nor dreams realized apart from great discipline.

I have seen enormous changes. I have not seen enough change. I, too, can hardly wait.

What was it, she wondered, that made some people give up and others fight harder? Where was her fight? She was out.

It took me a long time to learn that mistakes aren't good or bad, they're just mistakes, and you clean them up and go on.

You'll find your one-in-a-million. But you're sharp enough to know there's no point in sludging through the first nine hundred, ninety-nine thousand, and ninety-nine to get to him.

In closing, I hope everything helps show that I wouldn't be a fade-out or a person who turns to think to drink or dope when things get tough. I believe that anything is possible if you have the combination of love for what you're doing and the will to sit down and not get up until it's done….

mistakes aren't good or bad, they're just mistakes, and you clean them up and go on.

You're in the hallway and it feels scary right now but just keep going. There's another door, and you're going to find it. And then the whole world is going to open up to you.

Maybe part of the point is this: To go on when there is no desire to go on. To practice when practice is burdensome.

Katsuya J?nouchi: Give up...!? You wish! If I do that...how can I get to my future?

Anzu: I don't know where I should go either...everybody's like that! We're all scared, but we have to keep moving forward, even if we can't see the road in front of us...holding our heads up high...believing in what lies ahead...even while we sit here, that moment is coming closer every second...We've all got limited time...you know?...I know it's not easy to chase your dreams...But I want to believe that I have a chance. Even if it's just a tiny one...

Katsuya J?nouchi [to Dinosaur Ryuzaki]: You really think I can't beat him [Esper Roba]? Then I will!! Step one to becoming a true duelist — don't pass up an opponent, no matter what! Step two: Fight opponents that seem stronger than you!

Dark Bakura: The odds are a bit against you. But that doesn't mean you've lost yet...

It's only human to want to escape painful or difficult situations. But in most cases people find that they cannot escape reality. Life is about making continuous efforts to move forward with a positive attitude while enduring whatever misfortune or mishap that might occur. This is how I was able to realize my dreams in my own life." ??Kazuo Inamori

Keep goin', he told himself. Not far. Get there and you can sit and figure out what happens next. But keep movin'.

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The old get old because they pulled off a miracle and didn't let life kill them. That takes strength, persistence, commitment, and you should respect that.

Be a fighter. Give it everything you've got. Even a losing battle is worth fighting. Go out and make your mark.

Watch the shrimp and eventually you'll find the goby, that was his belief.

Vi?c ngh? ra m?t bài toán vô cùng khó và vi?c gi?i bài toán ?ó, vi?c nào khó h?n?

He had always thought of mathematics as a treasure hunt. First, one had to decide where to dig; then one had to determine the proper excavation route that led to the answer. Once you had a plan, you could make formulas to fit it, and they would give you clues. If you wound up empty-handed, you had to go back to the beginning and choose another route. Only by doing this over and over, patiently, yet boldly, could you hope to find the treasure—a solution no one else had ever found.

I'll push it down... Down into the deepest part of my heart, so no one will see it. If I crush it, maybe it'll eventually go away. That's what I hope for every day. But what can I do? I don't really want to lose this feeling at all.

Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay.

Samuel Beckett wrote, "Fail, fail again. Fail better.