Quotes About Persistence

A writer keeps going despite what awaits the effort, the detours, ruts, curves & unexpected roadblocks. The road is clear. Drive on

A writer's two greatest tools are imagination and perseverance.

Time, effort & persistence make for the writing of a good novel. There's no such thing as "writer's block." Just reluctance to make the slog

A writer should be on a quest to get better and better with each book. May it be a never-ending quest.

A writer's work is never done, the meter is never off.

As a writer, you have to re-earn your chops with every new book

Every writer has doubts. The only way to dispel them is to write.

Whatever art--writing, painting, sculpture, acting, dance, music, or any other--there will be frustration & travails. It's all worth it

People try nonviolence for a week, and when it 'doesn't work,' they go back to violence, which hasn't worked for centuries.

Yes, we shall win in the end; but the road will be long and red with monstrous martyrdoms." Oscar Wilde, 1897, on his release from Reading Gaol

We all love to win, but how many people love to train?

Life following Christ is not supposed to be a ride. It's supposed to be a fight because there is a very specific villain—and if we don't fight, he wins. If our Christianity aims only for pretty and pleasant and happy and rich, the Enemy becomes the victor.

The Hill I have come this far on my own legs, missing the bus, missing taxis, climbing always. One foot in front of the other, that is the way I do it. It does not bother me, the way the hill goes on. Grass beside the road, a tree rattling its black leaves. So what? The longer I walk, the farther I am from everything. One foot in front of the other. The hours pass. One foot in front of the other. The years pass. The colors of arrival fade. That is the way I do it.

I look at the trees and the birds and I know it's not true. I'm not yet sure how to do it, but I'm going to learn.

How many times should you try before you give up? If you want something bad enough, you will keep trying until. Until what? Until you succeed.

The difference between success and failure is effort.

all it took to have a good life was a cheerful, grateful mood, a clearly envisioned, heartfelt dream, and the willingness to chase it with an unwavering belief in its eventual realization.

Nothing in life worth doing is easy

What you seek is what you will find, but only if you hunt it with all your heart and mind.

The problem is, most people get frustrated when they do not find what they are looking for or don't do what they are trying to do easily and in a short period of time. They give up after a couple of failures or a couple of years of struggle. The dream that once lit up their heart now begins to darken it, and their thinking changes.

all it took to have a good life was a cheerful, grateful mood, a clearly envisioned, heartfelt dream, and the willingness to chase it with an unwavering belief in its

mind long after he couldn't see them anymore. His urge was to go after the

How much farther?" "The distance doesn't matter. Just think about your next step.

When you can remember not having eaten in days and having no hope of eating tomorrow . . . when you can remember that feeling, you just work harder to make sure you never feel it again.