Quotes About Persistence

A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.

Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered when others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.

It takes time to be a success.

It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward for taking time to do anything well.

It takes twenty years to make an overnight success.

My success is measured by my willingness to keep trying.

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

Oh! Much may be done by defying The ghosts of Despair and Dismay And much may be gained by relying On "Where there's a Will There's a Way."

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.

Success is not a doorway, it's a staircase.

How to succeed: try hard enough. How to fail: Try too hard.

As soon as you find the key to success, somebody always changes the lock.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it.

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

Somebodys said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it.

One swallow alone does not make the summer.

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

The future comes one day at a time.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

There is hope for all of us. Well, anyway, if you don't die you live through it, day in, day out.

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one which rolls.