Quotes About Persistence

In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.

To say that you will exert your best efforts is little more than to say you will try. But you must begin to understand that — for you, forward of this moment — you do not have the luxury of merely trying at anything you undertake, and failure is not an option." "But

And, in the end, I knew there was nothing better in life than keeping the head and the heart up—and when you cannot see the shoreline, always putting one hand, one word, in front of the other.

The quickest way for anyone to reach the sun and the light of day is not to run west, chasing after the setting sun, but to head east, plunging into the darkness until one comes to the sunrise.

Press forward with all diligence so that you may claim the promises of the Lord.

Paul Adams stood up quickly. "We have not lost, Bryce," he whispered fiercely. "Not so long as the desire for freedom burns in the heart of one person. We have not lost!

You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear, and keep going.

How often it is that an idea that seems bright bossed and gleaming in its clarity when examined in a church, or argued over with a friend in a frosty garden, becomes clouded and murk-stained when dragged out into the field of actual endeavor.

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

Labor conquers all things.

The laws sometimes sleep, but never die.

The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

It is not true that life is one damn thing after another- it's one damn thing over and over.

And whatever it is that keeps widening your heart, that's Mary, too, not only the power inside you but the love. And when you get down to it, Lily, that's the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love - but to persist in love.

No one is to be despaired of as long as he breathes. (While there is life there is hope.)

Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

He laughs best whose laugh lasts.

Luck means the hardships and privations which you have not hesitated to endure, the long nights you have devoted to work. Luck means the appointments you have never failed to keep, the trains you have never failed to catch.

The lucky fellow is the plucky fellow who has been burning midnight oil and taking defeat after defeat with a smile.