Quotes About Persistence

I am afraid of many things but one thing I can never be afraid of is trying. I am not afraid of many things but one thing I am afraid of is not trying again.

The reason many fail to cut the tree is, they come with a knife.

The world is not short of whatever you are seeking. If you fail to get it, you may have refused to master the art of getting it.

Falling Doesn't Make You a Failure, Staying Down Does.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

CHORUS Gird thee for the high endeavor; Shun the crowd's ignoble ease! Fails the spirit never, Wise to think, and prompt to seize. Goethe, Faust, Part II, act 1, 50–53

Mientras hay vida, hay esperanza.

Whosoever puts himself in constant striving, him we can redeem.

Ko stalno mozga, znas, taj lici meni na bravce sto se, gonjeno zlim duhom, vrti u krug po pustopolju suhom, a okolo se socna ispasa svud zeleni

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

Try a little harder to be a little better.

You have not failed until you quit trying.

Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work.

When I say do your best, I mean your very best. You are capable of so much more.

You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the blessings of the Lord;then stand on your feet and do what you are asked to do.

That which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains.

Things will work out. Keep trying. Be believing. Don't get discouraged. Things will work out.

Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.

Don't nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the blessings of the Lord; then stand on your feet and do what you are asked to do.

I have been quoted as saying, 'Do the best you can.' But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.

Back in the days of the great Depression, an old sign dangled by one staple from a piece of rusting barbed wire. The owner of the farm had written: 'Burned out by drought, Drowned out by flud waters, Et out by jack-rabbits, Sold out by sheriff, STILL HERE.

great mysteries that the Poles have been able to keep their language, culture and religion alive despite inhabiting an area which has usually belonged to either Germany, Russia or Austria, or sometimes to all three.

Every time you wanted to do something, you'd hope it would score. You'd keep trying and trying, and all of the sudden, something would come right out of left field, like 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.' No one had any idea about that one.

If this formulation appears to be overly analytical and to ignore the mysterious process of "falling in love," that is because in my experience the "chemistry" that causes us to choose one person over all other possibilities can be seen in retrospect as a combination of readiness, lust, and hope rather than an indefinable but powerful union of two souls. I would be more ready to believe in the latter if there was more evidence of its persistence over time.