Quotes About Persistence

The best doctor is the one you run for and can't find.

Women and elephants never forget.

The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.

Beware of desp'rate steps; the darkest day lived till tomorrow will have pass'd away.

Let us then be up and doing, with a heart for any fate.

Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it. ... If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Each golden sunrise ushers in new opportunities for those who retain faith in themselves, and keep their chins up.... Meet the sunrise with confidence. Fill every golden minute with right thinking and worthwhile endeavor. Do this and there will be joy for you in each golden sunset.

Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.

There's only one good reason to be a writer-we can't help it! We'd all like to be successful, rich and famous, but if those are our goals, we're off on the wrong foot. ... I just wanted to earn enough money so I could work at home on my writing.

I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive.

If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.

Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.

Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it. . . If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. . . . for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and, if you know anything about their careers, you will be struck by the fact that almost every one of them encountered inordinate difficulties sufficient to crush all but the gamest of spirits. Edison went hungry many times before he became famous.

Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Persistence is the master virtue. Without it, there is no other.

Continuous efforts-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential.

A chicken doesn't stop scratching just because worms are scarce.

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.

I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop?

Business is full of brilliant men who started out with a spurt and lacked the stamina to finish. Their places were taken by patient and unshowy plodders who never knew when to quit.

In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

It is a matter first of beginning-and then following through.

Genius begins great works, labor alone finishes it.