Quotes About Persistence

Every failure is a step to success.

Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.

Life is like a butterfly. You can chase, or you can let it come to you.

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it

Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.

Better to wear out than rust out.

The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.

If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.

Inch by inch, it's a cinch.

Act as if it were impossible to fail.

If you can dream it, you can make it so.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!

When you are wondering how do you go on? The better question is, how do you NOT go on?

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Showing up is essential. Showing up consistently is powerful. Showing up consistently with a positive outlook is even more powerful.

Life's a marathon, not a sprint.

Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs.

You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.