Quotes About Persistence

Doing the Unrealistic Is Easier Than Doing the Realistic

You must want to be a butterfly so badly, you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

My maxim comes from Samuel Beckett, a personal hero of mine: 'Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.' You won't believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.

Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it "eventually," just do it and correct course along the way.

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito."—Betty Reese

Refuse to accept partial completeness.

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.

Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel. If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

Not Dead, Can't Quit.

Failure isn't always durable. You can go back and you can look at it and go, 'Oh, that wasn't a failure. That was a key moment of my development that I needed to take, and I can trust my instinct. I really can'.

Dice que la clave del éxito es: "Sé tan bueno que no puedan ignorarte"».

This is another one that took me a long time to learn. Starting something doesn't automatically justify finishing it.

We are drawn to tasks where we can receive validation through results, but I've learned that true fulfillment comes from love of the process. Look for something where you love the process, and the results will follow.

Puertas de fuego (Grijalbo Mondadori, 1999), de Steven Pressfield.

Ser un emprendedor es estar dispuesto a hacer un trabajo que nadie más quiere hacer [para] poder vivir el resto de tu vida haciendo lo que quieras hacer.»

vida, como abogado, como médico, como agente de bolsa, o lo que sea?».

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting." This famous line from Walt Disney on willpower cannot be more true

Lo has intentado. Has fracasado. No importa. Inténtalo de nuevo. Fracasa otra vez. Fracasa mejor".

it's nice to know that when you get started each day seems to matter less than learning how to get started consistently, however

Para cambiar radicalmente de vida no necesitas correr una carrera de cien kilómetros, ni doctorarte en nada, ni reinventarte por completo. Son las cosas pequeñas hechas con constancia las que se convierten en algo grande (como

If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

The War of Art,

If the commitment is to a long-term goal and not to a series of smaller intermediate goals, then only one decision needs to be made and adhered to. Clear, simple, straightforward. Much easier to maintain than having to make small decision after small decision to stay the course when dealing with each step along the way. This provides far too many opportunities to inadvertently drift from your chosen goal. The single decision is one of the most powerful tools in the toolbox.

A qué problema te enfrentas a diario que aún no ha sido resuelto?» o «Dime un negocio fantástico que aún no haya sido creado por nadie».