Quotes About Persistence

He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.

It circulated for five years, through the halls of fifteen publishers, and finally ended up with Vanguard Press, which as you can see is rather deep into the alphabet.

I read part of it all the way through.

Ordinary people know little of the time and effort it takes to learn to read. I have been eighty years at it, and have not reached my goal.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually, one discovers that it is not boring, but very interesting.

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks.

The story of Canada is that if one meeting fails, you have another meeting.

Patience is a most necessary quality for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.

All things change, nothing is extinguished.

There are people who not only strive to remain static themselves, but strive to keep everything else so ... their position is almost laughably hopeless.

We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed- one doesn't always want to make it-does one? ... But what else can be done? What's the alternative? What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.

Perform without fail what you resolve.

Nothing's far when one wants to get there.

He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard.

Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.

Nothing of worthy or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.

There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.

Nothing is so common as unsuccessful men with talent. They lack only determination.

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything.

It is only when I dally with what I am about, look back and aside, instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart.

To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.