Quotes About Persistence

Carrot and stick," she said, nodding. "Wave it under his nose and start walking. Works every time with old men, mules, and dogs.

truck driver, but mostly earning

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

I was taught to put my best into anything I did and I can honestly say Ive always done that. Still, there are many times when I failed, when I was disappointed.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour

No te rindas nunca, porque nunca sabes si el próximo intento será el que funcionará

Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.

Never let them see you sweat. Never take a "no" from someone who isn't qualified to tell you "yes." Never let the nay-sayers get you down.

children have very little concept of time. Tomorrow is forever, and years pass in no time at all.

What are you doing?" "Can't you see? I'm sawing down this tree." "You look exhausted! How long have you been at it?" "Over five hours, and I'm beat! This is hard work." "Well, why don't you take a break and sharpen that saw? I'm sure it would go a lot faster." "I don't have time to sharpen the saw. I'm too busy sawing!"[*]

But no matter how ferociously pitiable is the dried up graveyard, the sand and barrenness and the sluggish little stream have their own persistent individual damnation. The world is at least so constructed that its treasures may be damned each in a different manner and degree.

Théodore Vacquer,

Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a work of man.

It's clearly easier to get the snake out of the sack than it is to shove it back.

Stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.

Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

This thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.