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Quotes About Persistence

A feverish display of over-zeal, At the first outset, is an obstacle To all success; water, however cold, Will penetrate the ground by slow degrees.
~ The Hitopadesa
Let this be an example for the acquisition of all knowledge, virtue, and riches. By the fall of drops of water, by degrees, a pot is filled.
~ The Hitopadesa
Freedom of mind is the ultimate prove of persistence." A person, whose mind is not free though he may not be in prison, he is a prisoner and not a free man
~ the omani shed
Life is a journey we embark on, some find it easy and some find it rocky only faith can define your accomplishment.
~ the omani shed
To accomplish our dreams, we must act on achieving gaols
~ the omani shed
You Success is your own shadow, if you walk in a clear path you will be able to see it clearly, don't try to catch because you will never succeed ignore it and walk on the right path it will follow You.
~ the omani shed
Good things don't come easy. If you get it cheap, you will lose it quick. -Okiki Michael
~ The Post
Catch your dreams before they slip away Dying all the time Lose your dreams And you will lose your mind
~ The Rolling Stones
Consider your childhood, a construction building process, on a very, very steep ground. You need to stop consistantly and re-do your measures. So that your pillars shall exceptionally remain lofty till your life extincts..
~ The wise Pharoah Moe
If you will it, it is not a fable.
~ Theodor Herzl
Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea about writing: that it can be done, and done well, without a great deal of effort. Dancers practice every day, musicians practice every day, even when they are at the peak of their careers – especially then. Somehow, we don't take writing as seriously. But writing – writing wonderfully – takes just as much dedication.
~ Theodora Goss
Like ghosts, past failures haunt us.
~ Theodore Bryant
They brought even their goats with them; and one goat can undo in an afternoon what it has taken decades to establish.
~ Theodore Dalrymple
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
~ Theodore Parker
Nothing would give up life:Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.
~ Theodore Roethke
Tugging all day at perverse life:The indignity of it!
~ Theodore Roethke
What we need are more people who specialize in the impossible.
~ Theodore Roethke
Over every mountain, there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
~ Theodore Roethke
In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on
~ Theodore Roosevelt
No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
~ Theodore Roosevelt