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Quotes About Persistence

Keep hustling, something good will happen.
~ Joe Paterno
Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides.
~ Gwen Ifill
Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.
~ Willie Aames
You have to keep practicing, if you're really going to be good.
~ Debbie Reynolds
Good things happen to those who hustle.
~ Chuck Noll
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
~ Pearl S. Buck
In any situation, I'm going to be good.
~ James Harden
Good things come slow, especially in distance running.
~ Bill Dellinger
There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.
~ Robert Graves
Good thoughts are no better than good dreams if you don't follow through.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
~ Plautus
Good things happen when you go for it!
~ Alan Webb
Everything that happens-good and bad-should motivate you to be persistent.
~ Jim Tressel
If you do not enjoy what you are doing, you will never be good at it.
~ Luke Parker
Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
~ Ben Hogan
Failure is not getting beat. Failure is when you don't do a good job preparing.
~ Joe Paterno
Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
~ Tama Janowitz
I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.
~ James A. Michener
All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that's why it takes so long.
~ Steven Spielberg
If you believe you are doing a good job in which you enjoy and like, then don't resign regardless of the pressures.
~ Marv Levy
Mediocrity's easy, the good things take time, the great need commitment.
~ Bob Seger
Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.
~ Julia Cameron
Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.
~ Frank Shorter
Some times your best effort just isn't good enough.
~ LeBron James