Quotes About Persistence

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Intense, burning desire is the motivational force that enables you to overcome any obstacle and achieve almost any goal

Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.

Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality

Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

Build a dream and the dream will build you.

Not getting what you want either means you don't want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.

I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.

There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.

I always wanted to be the best I could be at whatever I did. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be.

Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

If you are going to go through hell, keep going

The one thing that matters is the effort.

When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.

I can live with the pain of losing but I can't live with the thought of not having tried my best.

Never give nor take an excuse.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

If things go wrong, don't go with them.

A champion is someone who does not settle for that day's practice, that day's competition, that day's performance. They are always striving to be better. They don't live in the past.