logo

Quotes About Persistence

There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments.
~ John Calvin
There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.
~ J. G. Holland
If you can't, then you must!
~ Tony Robbins
If you want to make life easy, make it hard.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, but don't let anyone tear them away.
~ Mariah Carey
People whine, 'I haven't succeeded because I haven't had the breaks.' You create your own breaks.
~ Chuck Norris
I'll never reach my destination, If I never try, So I will sail my vessel, 'Til the river runs dry.
~ Garth Brooks
The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'
~ Ludwig van Beethoven
Successful people reject rejection.
~ John C. Maxwell
You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
~ Bernie Mac
Don't just reach for the stars. Grab a hold of one, grasp it tightly, and pull it into your heart and soul.
~ Robert Cheeke
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
~ Marcus Aurelius
I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.
~ Mickey Mantle
I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?
~ Jill Konrath
You have the courage and power to live your dreams.
~ Les Brown
You can never be fit enough for this game.
~ Anson Dorrance
What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.
~ Gretchen Rubin
Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.
~ Grenville Kleiser
Anyone who attempts to build great things will face challenges.
~ Jon Gordon
Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.
~ Robert Collier
Go Hard or Go Home, but never go home hard!
~ Mark McKinnon
Make bold moves toward your dreams each day, refuse to stop and nothing can stop you.
~ Hal Elrod
All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, by by rising above them.
~ Charles Caleb Colton