Quotes About Persistence

El éxito es la capacidad de seguir adelante, de fracaso en fracaso, sin perder el entusiasmo.

Yehuda Köves was sweating and out of breath as

Nothing can stop us now.

Néha hegyeket kell mozgatnunk ahhoz, hogy megtaláljuk az igazságot.

sometimes to find the truth, one must move mountains.

In my mind, the men and women of NASA are history's modern pioneers. They attempt the impossible, accept failure, and then go back to the drawing board while the rest of us stand back and criticize.

It's very hard — weirdly hard — to clear your mind of all that crap so that you can just sit down and write and find that place where you're just involved and enjoying the imaginary place you've discovered. All the other "problems" with writing are just puzzles, and they can be interesting to try to crack, even when it's frustrating.

Better never begin; once begun, better finish.

You will fail many times, but in failing you will learn , and in learning you will find your way.

When running up a hill, it's all right to give up…as long as your feet keep moving.

An overnight success usually takes about ten years. — Anonymous

No task is too formidable when you divide your goals into small, realistic steps and prepare well.

When on a long trek, it's okay to quit whenever you like, as long as your feet keep moving.

You focused on the goal, not on the obstacle. This is how we face our lives.

To live is to find the thing that one does best, and then to do it thoroughly, and always. To do less than this is to never live at all.

Odd how the daily imperatives persist even in the face of collective disaster.

Failing tastes of bile and dog vomit. Shame on any man who gets used to that taste.

Dad," said Rachel, "I'm going to ask you a question I've asked about a million times since I was two. Do you believe in God?" Sol had not smiled. He had no choice but to give her the answer he had given her a million times. "I'm waiting to," he said.

You stay with her. I'll follow it in.

when I find the bullet iwill spit it out it out.

Never give up a possible advantage for a moment of ego gratification

The Little Drummer Boy was playing in the background for what seemed like the third time in a row. I fought off an urge to beat that Little Drummer Boy seneless with his own drumsticks.

She is practicing because she knows there is no difference between practice and art. The practice is the art.

If I waited to be in the mood to write, I'd barely have a chapbook of material to my name. Who would ever be in the mood to write? Do marathon runners get in the mood to run? Do teachers wake up with the urge to lecture? I don't know, but I doubt it. My guess is that it's the very act that is generative. The doing of the thing that makes possible the desire for it.