Quotes About Persistence

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

Reality is, there is almost always something going wrong. Hard times are normal.

I believe ability can get you to the top," says coach John Wooden, "but it takes character to keep you there.… It's so easy to … begin thinking you can just 'turn it on' automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you're there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, 'More than ability, they have character.'

it's not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

So what should we praise? The effort, the strategies, the doggedness and persistence, the grit people show, the resilience that they show in the face of obstacles, that bouncing back when things go wrong and knowing what to try next. So I think a huge part of promoting a growth mindset in the workplace is to convey those values of process, to give feedback, to reward people engaging in the process, and not just a successful outcome.

What's more, it's not as though the fixed mindset wants to leave gracefully. If the fixed mindset has been controlling your internal monologue, it can say some pretty strong thing to you...The fixed mindset once offered you a refuge from that very feeling, and it offers it to you again. Don't take it.

the path is more important than the goal

Indeed, the goal is only to follow the path, for there is no "there" to get to; there is only the path, and the job of treading upon it as well as we can.

The goal is to follow the path with patient, modest acceptance. Indeed, the goal is only to follow the path, for there is no "there" to get to; there is only the path, and the job of treading upon it as well as we can.

Practice Makes Perfect I'll know better next time Than to even begin; Everything's easier on the second try-- Especially sin.

S)omehow I've survived again. I don't know how to stop. —Ruth

The essence of writing? A hound chasing a fox: irrationally compelled to win the prize and eventual disappointment that it's eluded you.

You can never see a plant grow, but they do.

If at first you don't fricassee, Fry, fry a hen!

no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

This is something I know for a fact: You have to work hardest for the things you love most.

Genius is not enough; we need to get the job done.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives.

effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

What on earth would make someone a nonlearner? Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. Infants stretch their skills daily. Not just ordinary skills, but the most difficult tasks of a lifetime, like learning to walk and talk. They never decide it's too hard or not worth the effort. Babies don't worry about making mistakes or humiliating themselves. They walk, they fall, they get

NASA thought so. When they were soliciting applications for astronauts, they rejected people with pure histories of success and instead selected people who had had significant failures and bounced back from them.

For them it's not about immediate perfection. It's about learning something over time: confronting a challenge and making progress.

You have to work hardest for the things you love most.