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Quotes About Persistence

When we lose a battle, we have to regroup and move forward again. Choose an alternate path if necessary. But if we dwell on every action we've taken, it will cripple us, and soon we'll take no action at all.
~ Mary E. Pearson
When you think you're at the end of your rope, give it three more days. And then another three. Sometimes you'll find the rope is longer than you thought.
~ Mary E. Pearson
Chance. It weaves through our lives like a golden thread, sometimes knotting, tangling, and breaking along the way. Loose threads are left hanging, but the in and out, the back and forth continues, the weaving goes on. It doesn't stop.
~ Mary E. Pearson
Change doesn't happen overnight-it's molded by people who don't give up
~ Mary E. Pearson
Say it again, Jase. But you already know the answer. But it's an answer I will never grow tired of. And maybe I never tired of telling it to her.
~ Mary E. Pearson
It's just supposed to come, isn't it?" "Did your reading just come to you? Or did you have to devote effort to it? The seed of the gift may come, but a seedling that isn't nourished dies quickly.
~ Mary E. Pearson
You going to kill the Patrei with a spoon?" I turned my head. It was Wren, her hands planted on her hips. "Not that I don't think you could.
~ Mary E. Pearson
For the boy who took a chance, For the man who made it last
~ Mary E. Pearson
But the fact is, I came for you, Lia, no matter who or what you are, and I don't care what mistakes I made or what mistakes you made. I'd make every single one over again, if that was the only way to be with you." (pg 28)
~ Mary E. Pearson
Rahtan meant "never fail,
~ Mary E. Pearson
Hold on to it, no matter what you have to do. Never give it up. Not this time.
~ Mary E. Pearson
And I knew patience was the dividing line between success and failure.
~ Mary E. Pearson
Do you think I will suffer myself to be baffled?
~ Mary Elizabeth Braddon
If your ship hasn't come in, swim out to it.
~ Mary Engelbreit
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
~ Mary Engelbreit
Test your talents, pursue your passions, and let those experiences lead you to a sure sense of who you are. Build a strong core for yourself so that almost nothing and no one can shake you from that foundation. Don't be afraid to know what you want and go after it.
~ mary esselman
but he didn't kid himself. Seventeen years was too long
~ Mary Higgins Clark
and whispered, "Are you okay? We can take a break." She shook her head. "No, I'm okay. Please, Detective
~ Mary Higgins Clark
Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen.
~ Mary J. Blige
Every time we get to the finish line they move it. Every time.
~ Unknown
Everything's bad until it's good. If this is what you really want, then you just have to hang in there until you get to the good times.
~ Unknown
Because you loved, you promised. You must try harder to keep that promise.
~ Mary Jo Putney
Trees can grow from tiny cracks in stony cliffs, Kate. This may be a very small crack indeed—but it's a beginning.
~ Mary Jo Putney
Winning her would be like coaxing a butterfly to land on his hand. Patience, gentleness, and perhaps a prayer or two would be required.
~ Mary Jo Putney