Quotes About Persistence

he who sticks to one thing is irresistible.

No joy for which thy hungering soul has panted, No hope it cherishes through waiting years, But, if thou dost deserve it, shall be granted; For with each passionate wish the blessing nears. The thing thou cravest so waits in the distance, Wrapt in the silence unseen and dumb Essential to thy soul and thy existence, Live worthy of it, call, and it shall come. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Men who have done great things, made stepping stones of their failures. The disgrace is not in falling, but in not rising every time you fall.

Columbus was carried back to Spain in chains, and a pickle dealer of Seville, who never rose above the position of mate of a schooner, gave his name to the world Columbus had discovered.

Your highest ideal, the vision of your life work which you long to make real, is your best friend. Keep as close to it as you can, stick to it, and it will lead you to your goal.

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education, it was said by Professor Huxley, is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson which ought to be learned, and, however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson which he learns thoroughly.

The great majority of men and women who have given civilization a great uplift started poor, and for many dark years saw no hope of accomplishing their ambition; but they kept on working and believing that somehow a way would be opened.

Fortune always smiles on those who roll up their sleeves and put their shoulders to the wheel.

Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk through them.

Men succeed in proportion to the fixity of their vision and the invincibility of their purpose. If you can find out a man's quitting point, the place where he gives up, turns back, you can measure him pretty easily.

Learn to labor and to wait. —Longfellow.

Hold any particular thought in the mind persistently until it has formed grooves in the brain-tissue and become dominant in the brain structure, and you have permanently changed the character in that direction. You have only to change your mind to a desired direction, holding it there tenaciously until you have formed a new mental habit. Then you are, in that particular, a new creature.

Believe in yourself; you may succeed when others do not believe in you, but never when you do not believe in yourself.

You could be on the other side of the door which you think is barred against you. It will open wide when you are ready to enter; that is, when you have paid the price of admission. No one can give you a free pass, and admission tickets are not transferable. You must pay the price yourself or stay outside. The price is self-effort.

What can defeat a strong man who believes in himself and cannot be ridiculed down, talked down, or written down? Poverty cannot dishearten him, misfortune deter him, or hardship turn him a hair's breadth from his course. Whatever comes, he keeps his eye on the goal and pushes ahead.

Self-confidence has ever been the best substitute for friends, pedigree, influence, and money. It is the best capital in the world; it has mastered more obstacles, overcome more difficulties, and carried through more enterprises than any other human quality.

success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed : pay the price and it is yours.

Industry conduces to longevity. It is the ship at the wharf, not the ship at sea, that rots fastest;—the still pool, not the running brook, that stagnates.

There are three kinds of people in the world, says a recent writer, the wills, the won'ts, and the can'ts. The first accomplish everything; the second oppose everything; the third fail in everything.

Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. —Longfellow.

The disgrace is not in falling, but in not rising every time you fall.

It is to what you see, to what you believe, to what you struggle incessantly to attain, that you will approximate.

There is no satisfaction like that which comes from the steady, persistent, honest, conscientious pursuit of a noble aim.

Do little things now, says a Persian proverb; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done. God will take care of the great things if we do not neglect the little ones.