Quotes About Persistence

My philosophy has always been, do what you love and the money will follow.

Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.

Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it.

If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door- or i'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right

It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.

God grants victory to perseverance.

Don't ever let someone tell you you can't do something.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.

It is better to say, "This one thing I do" than to say, "These forty things I dabble in."

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.