Quotes About Persistence

Man stands for long time with mouth open before roast duck flies in.

Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets.

The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse.

Kimberly: You know what they say about uphill battles. Michael: You can't talk while you're waging them?

Faith can move mountains, but don't be surprised if God hands you a shovel.

This is how it is when Siddhartha has a goal... His goal attracts him, because he doesn't let anything enter his soul which might oppose the goal... This is what fools call magic and of which they think it would be effected by means of the daemons. Nothing is effected by daemons, there are no daemons. Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goals, if he is able to think, if he is able to wait, if he is able to fast.

Here's to the fish he caught, Here's to the one that got away, And here's to the one he bought.

You cannot catch trout with dry breeches.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

If you kill one fly, ten more will come to its funeral.

The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.

I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it. That is the law of my life.

Word by word the big books are made.

Maybe the atheist cannot find God for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman.

No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. It has never been done.

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

But the unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to get out of than bad ones.

I thought I'd try yoga to make myself more flexible — but I'm still incredibly stubborn.

Many an angel, with its needle, toils beneath the snow.

I dusted once. It came back. I'm not falling for that again.

So the little thing grew bigger. He was healthy and normal, ate regularly, slept long hours, and yet the growing little thing was becoming an obsession. WORK PERFORMED. The phrase haunted his brain.

He had sought to equip himself with the tools of artistry. On the other hand, he had not sacrificed strength. His conscious aim had been to increase his strength by avoiding excess of strength. Nor

You don't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

You cannot wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.