Quotes About Persistence

Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Almost the first thing I learned about being an editor was that it was hard work. To be sure, ditchdiggers and miners have it worse, but for sheer, numbing, endless (I do not, deliberately, say mindless) work, editing books is hard to beat.

Time is our friend, because for us there is no end. He

A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.

Live forever or die trying.....

The choice, though, is not between scrupulous obedience and ecstatic abandon. The choice runs right down the middle. If you really want to know how to fly, you need to know how to walk.

Life is offensive and refuses to apologise

I know time holds the winning

You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you.

There are times when life seems like a struggle where the only reward you get for hanging on is the chance to struggle some more.

But Life, being Life, can never die at all. —FREDERICK TENNYSON

In all my years on earth, I have seen time and time again that those who are the happiest are those who have the courage to follow their hearts - to believe what otherwise would be unbelievable; to seek the light; to find the truth.

To awaken to the living dream within one's life and remain awake in a world trying to lull everyone to sleep involves repeated struggle, yet also presents something truly worth fighting for.

Truth, like a little dog, will always find its way out into the street.

Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself.

I must survive. I have promises to keep.

Persistence is the ability to maintain action regardless of your feelings. When you work on any big goal, your motivation will wax and wane like waves hitting the shore. Sometimes you'll feel motivated; sometimes you won't. But it's not your motivation that will produce results — it's your action. Persistence allows you to keep taking action even when you don't feel motivated to do so, and therefore you keep accumulating results.

Persistence is the difference that separates winners and losers. It is the difference between success and failure. Successful people fail and keep persisting. Unsuccessful people fail once and give up. It is well said that "we fall down, but we get back up again." Failure is not falling down, it's staying down.

Do what you love, and you will love what you do. Knowing what you want is the key to the growth and development of persistence. Knowing what you want will allow you to form definiteness of purpose. Some call this a "made up mind". It's hard to stop a person with a "made up mind". Make up your mind and decide what you want, and you will be persistent.

My philosophy of travel, such as it is, is that the more difficult somewhere is to get to, the greater the prize to be won by getting there. But when the prize was North Korea, I found this was not a view shared by my wife.

Never Give Up!

It may take several times, but if you are consistent, they will learn to consistently obey, even in your absence.

"How long does it take to learn poker, Dad?" "All your life, son."