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Quotes About Persistence

It is never easy being the one who takes the first step. But if we want things to mature in our life, we must fight for them relentlessly without compromise or excuse.
~ Unknown
There are still many white mountains to cross, but I am on my way home.
~ Ma Jian
There's always time to launch your dreams
~ Maat Morrison
Be prepared to go the extra mile; there is less competition there.
~ Mac Anderson
Winning is not a sometime thing; it is an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time." —Vince Lombardi
~ Mac Anderson
I didn't mean that I'm a nonpareil now. But I'm different, yes. I've found out that I can do quite difficult things if I keep trying very hard, and at least I've discovered that if I don't keep myself occupied I'm unhappy and unpleasant.
~ Unknown
Until I am carried out, I will carry on.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
believe we can recognize truth when we see it, just not at first and not without ever relenting in our efforts to learn more.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
When the Führer predicted a quick victory over England, implying Spain could wait not longer if it wanted to share in the triumph, Franco doubted the scenario, before adding that even if the Germans were to capture London, the British would continue fighting from Canada.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
Odpov?? na otázku, pro? jsme tady, nám nedá to, co najdeme. Je skryta v d?vodu, pro? nem?žeme pÃ…â"¢estat hledat.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
feather by feather, the chicken is plucked.
~ Madeleine K. Albright
In the end, I believe these pages and the Book of Records return to the persistence of this desire: to know the times in which we are alive. To keep the record that must be kept and also, finally, to let it go.
~ Madeleine Thien
Until they enter elementary school most youngsters are motivated by the challenge itself, not by stars or grades or rewards. This is called mastery motivation and is the form of learning most likely to lead to both engagement and persistence, and ultimately to expertise.
~ Unknown
I also know two steps forward and one step back is the rule, not the exception, as people work on change.
~ Unknown
Do not let what you gained this day be so easily lost.
~ Madeline Miller
Do not let what you gained this day be so easily lost.' - Chiron
~ Madeline Miller
Even the best iron grows brittle with too much beating.
~ Madeline Miller
I did not hear them. His presence was like a stone in my shoe, impossible to ignore.
~ Madeline Miller
His presence was like a stone in my shoe, impossible to ignore.
~ Madeline Miller
They will seek to undermine you at every turn.
~ Madeline Miller
Même le meilleur des fers devient cassant à force d'avoir été trop battu.
~ Madeline Miller
That is how things go. You fix them, and they go awry, and then you fix them again.
~ Madeline Miller
The wide world is full of likable people who get kicked in the stomach regularly. They're disaster-prone. Something goes wrong. The sky starts falling on their head. And you can't reverse the process.
~ John D. MacDonald
Nothing goes on forever. And if you stay patient, problems tend to go away in time.
~ John D. MacDonald