Quotes About Persistence

One thing we runners know. There is no substitute for running. No matter what age we are. No matter what time we do it.

It took ten months for me to learn to tie a lace; I must have howled with rage and frustration. But one day I could tie my laces. I profoundly distrust the pedagogy of ease.

I appreciate failure. Failure means that an attempt was made, and a lesson can be learned. As long as we're alive after the effort, there is a chance for success the next time around.

Never tire, never falter, and never fail.

Liberty can be delayed, but it cannot be denied.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation -- veneer isn't worth anything.

Hope never abandons you; you abandon it.

'Twas I that beat the bush,The bird to others flew.

Lost causes may be the best causes—they usually are—but once lost they are never won.

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on hold fast hold out. Patience is genius.

Les ratés ne vous rateront pas.

Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.

They often keep turning the handle of the grinder after the coffee is ground.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing--and keeping the unknown always beyond you.

I'm frightened all the time. But I never let it stop me. Never!

I've always been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I've never let it stop me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer.

But throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I wanted by tackling it in a logical fashion.

At last, after much effort, there came a prolonged belch from the mud and Larry shot to the surface and we hauled him up the bank. He stood there, covered with the black and stinking slush, looking like a chocolate statue that has come in contact with a blast furnace; he appeared to be melting as we watched.