Quotes About Persistence

Waiting is an exercise in faith, waiting for God to supply in His time, not necessarily ours.

Where her books were, she was. Get the books right and the rest will follow. Now she could address the rest of the room.

I followed your footsteps," he said, in answer to the unspoken question. "Snow makes it easy." I had been tracked, like a bear. "Sorry to make you go to all that trouble," I said. "I didn't have to go that far, really. You're about three streets over. You just kept going in loops." A really inept bear.

Things are never over even when they're over.

Life is a muddle. It seems a brilliant muddle, if you are an optimist; a dull one, if you aren't; but in neither case can you deny that it is the muddlers who keep it going.

There is in the human race some dark spirit of recalcitrance, always pulling us in the direction contrary to that in which we are reasonably expected to go.

If it doesn't make callouses on a girl's hands it will make them on her heart. I've been waiting all my life for a chance, and the chance has never come." Something flared in her.

A thing half done is a game not won," said he. "If there's only one window in the house unlocked the devil may fly through it as easy as if the whole place was open.

It ain't every hand that can move as fast as the eye can jump, and faster. But patience climbs the highest hill and—

He softened his voice. "Gaspar," he said, "keep your head up. Make up your mind that you'll fight to the last gasp. Why, it makes me plumb sick to see a grown man give up like you do!

1. Organize before they rise! 2. They feel no fear, why should you? 3. Use your head: cut off theirs. 4. Blades don't need reloading. 5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair. 6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it. 7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike. 8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert! 9. No place is safe, only safer. 10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no.

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.

The very first company I started failed with a great bang. The second one failed a little bit less, but still failed. The third one, you know, proper failed, but it was kind of okay. I recovered quickly. Number four almost didn't fail. It still didn't really feel great, but it did okay. Number five was PayPal.

men bowed, being unable to force the issue. As Sethirkhopeshef

Sólo quien está seguro de no quebrarse cuando, desde su punto de vista, el mundo se muestra demasiado estúpido o demasiado abyecto para lo que él le ofrece; sólo quien frente a todo esto es capaz de responder con un «sin embargo»; sólo un hombre de esta forma construido tiene «vocación» para la política.

No sociologist, for instance, should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time.

A man hauls in the fish he baits for and at the depth at which he fishes.

Maxine Rose Schur

The individual who is actively engaged in a struggle, or in striving toward an important goal, does not come up with pessimistic philosophies concerning the meaninglessness or the futility of life.

If you can remember, worry, or tie your shoe, you can succeed.

Do not allow yourself to become discouraged if nothing seems to happen when you set about practicing the various techniques outlined in this book for changing your self-image.

It doesn't matter how many times you have failed in the past. What matters is the successful attempt, which should be remembered, reinforced, and dwelt upon.

Just because the mental imagery isn't clear when you begin does not mean it won't get clearer, more vivid, more detailed, and more powerful each time you practice.