Quotes About Persistence

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You may outgun me, outman me, and outspend me. But I'm a writer. I will outplot you.

Walking was her only hope. A slender hope, but all she had. So she put one foot in front of the other. And walked.

If you want something bad enough, you find a way to make it happen. - Seamus McKay

Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau.Mock on, mock on—'tis all in vain!You throw the sand against the wind,And the wind blows it back again.

All these outposts were broken in,and that which in other histories would have counted as three victories did not delay the progress of Charles for one hour

twice. "On the ninth day the

I began to trust in the power of sprouting, and the more I learned, the more I came to believe that trees are more perceptive, more intelligent, more generous, and more persistent than we are.

I said, "A line will take us hours maybe;Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought,Our stitching and unstitching has been naught.Better go down upon your marrow-bonesAnd scrub a kitchen pavement, or break stones."

Hearts with one purpose alone/Through summer and winter seem/Enchanted to a stone/To trouble the living stream.

If he give me credit for being a plodder he will describe me justly. Anything beyond that will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

Yea, and so abundant were they in the three first centuries, that ten years constant and almost universal persecution under Dioclesian, could neither root out the Christians, nor prejudice their cause.

Hold back the edges of your gown, Ladies, we are going through hell.

Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and never take above half his strength, nor ride him till he is weary, but a little at a time and often.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent

The life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.

You can do what you want to do, accomplish what you want to accomplish, attain any reasonable objective you may have in mind--not all of a sudden, perhaps not in one swift and sweeping act of achievement--but you can do it gradually, day by day and play by play, if you want to do it, if you work to do it, over a sufficiently long period of time.

Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results.

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.

Hit hard, hit fast, hit often!

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.