Quotes About Persistence

What had been intriguing on Monday and Tuesday was approaching annoying by Wednesday and exasperating by Thursday.

But something about his inability to give in, to admit defeat, or to at least acknowledge the incredible power of the technology at Mae's command Ã¢â'¬Â¦ she knew she couldn't give up until she had received some sense of his acquiescence.

I survived long enough to remember saying yes to life and "no" or at least "slow down" to a slow death.

Il significato della sua vita era un'inafferrabile vena d'acqua centinaia di metri sotto la superficie, e periodicamente lui calava un secchio nel pozzo, lo riempiva, lo tirava su e beveva. Ma questo non lo sosteneva molto a lungo.

Courage was the beginning, being unafraid, moving ahead, through small hardships, not turning back. Courage was simply a form of moving forward.

she knew he would not rest until he had done it. It was maddening. It was strange, even. But then again, she thought, it gave their marriage a certain epic scope.

I knew what I had to do. I had to ignore the thoughts, resist the compulsion, let the anxiety build, and then let it decay to extinction all over again.

Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. —Saint Francis of Assisi

Water is what it is, and does what it does. It can overwhelm, but it's not overwhelmed. It can be still, but it is not impatient. It can be forced to change course, but it is not frustrated.

It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.

Plans get you into things but you've got to work your way out. —Will Rogers

El pensamiento es la esencia misma de la empresa y la vida, y lo más difícil de lograr en ambas. Los forjadores de imperios dedican horas y horas a la labor intelectual… mientras otros se van de fiesta. Si no te planteas conscientemente el esfuerzo de ejercer el pensamiento creativo autoguiado… entonces estás cayendo en la pereza y ya no controlarás tu vida. —DAVID KEKICH

In fact, life itself is nothing more than one long practice session, an endless effort of refining our motions.

Follow me, one word then another, one sentence then another, one death then another. Don't hesitate. Keep moving forward with me through the night. It won't take long. Don't look back.

Ella helped. Yes, she was a dreamer, but she had a way of doing her work without any fuss. She didn't understand the struggles some of us went through. If you had to write 1500 words you wrote 1500 words. You put one word then another then another then another.

There was a time when Stone would have rated a platoon of crackerjack killers coming for him by land, sea and air. Those days apparently were over. A quartet of suits in a Cadillac on steroids was enough.

Woe be to the wug who forgets that destroying one part of a thing does not equal victory

David Baldacci

She would soon have somewhere to go. It was always important to keep going. Stationary objects tended to get run over.

I don't believe in ghosts or magic." "I don't either, Mary. But I do know one thing." "What's that?" "That this guy is not going to get away.

Only one billion, nine hundred and sixty-three million, four hundred and seventy-nine Thousand, eight hundred and sixteen possibilities. I should be able to get through them in the next seven Thousand, eight hundred and fourteen years. Just sit tight and call up lots of room service. - Dan

Life is hard for everybody, Alex. Anybody who says otherwise has just decided to ignore all the shit that comes with waking up every day and walking out the door.

David Baldacci

It was like seeking water while in a desert, you just required it and didn't care how you got it.