Quotes About Persistence

The only true failure is the failure of not trying.

Keep in mind that if God waited until we were perfect before He allowed us to be in His service, none of us could ever serve. We shouldn't use this truth as a cop-out to not change out improve, but to encourage us to keep striving when we're tempted to quit, remembering we've all got room to grow.

Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens

Tenacious prayer is a lifestyle that produces results.

I went out with some FBI agents and knocked the ball into all eighteen holes. It wasn't hard but once you've done it, I don't know why you'd want to do it again.

Sucking at something every once in a while is how you achieve greatness in the long run.

Erasers are your friends on the road to success.

Resilience isn't just key to happiness; it's key to success.

best" means showing up and doing your best without being attached to the outcome.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment; full effort is full victory. —MAHATMA GANDHI

Do your best" means showing up and doing your best without being attached to the outcome. It means reality is not something you can manipulate. "Forget the rest" means you don't let the same things that used to get in your way, get in your way.

One has to have a complicated kind of optimism. You can't refuse to look at how horrible things are.

A compass, I learnt when I was surveying, it'll... it'll point you true north from where you're standing, but it's got no advice about the swamps, deserts and chasms that you'll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a swamp, what's the use of knowing true north?

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life generally.

Even when you have three strikes, you're still not out. There is always something else you can do.

There are always distractions if you allow them.

Failure is not fatal victory is not success.

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.

There's no abiding success without commitment.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Success is buried on the other side of rejection.

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer.