Quotes About Persistence

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

All the things that are worth doing, take time.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

It's dead easy to die; it's the keeping on living that's hard.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Great beginnings are not as important as the way one finishes.

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

There must be some wisdom in the folk saying: Its the strong swimmers who drown.

The best things in life are often the ones hardest to get. Yet they are also the ones that are the easiest to find, usually right in front of your face.

There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.

Once a wolf, always a wolf.

If we still advise we shall never do.

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Do your best with what you have where you are.

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.

Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.

It's the impeded stream that sings

You have to perform to the best of your ability, and if you have to argue stringently, if you have to persist and to state your case strongly, then you do it.

There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.