Quotes About Persistence

That is why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

All people who know what it is to end should be allowed to continue if they can continue.

Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession, there is nothing at all.

My brother isn't very smart, but he makes up for it in pure stubbornness.

The questions little children ask drive you insane because they never stop. But they also make you think.

I preached from Luke, chapter eighteen, verses one through eight: the parable of the importunate widow. It's one I've always liked. A widow is so persistent in her demands for justice that she overcomes the resistance of a judge who fears neither God nor man. She wears him down. Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.

I'm getting better, but so slowly.

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

Deserve your dream.

Dreams do come true for those who never give up

Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to achieving your dreams.

Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.

Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

At another year I would not boggle Except that when I jog I joggle.

A flea and a fly

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

She would push and push on that one question until a crack formed in the wall of her ignorance.

You should bury more than the dead. You should try harder. You should give up.

Vivíamos para resistir, y resistíamos para vivir.

Do not leave any unexplained, unnarrated situations, any closed doors; kick them down with a course.

Surprising how well you can sleep on an old Morris chair if you work hard daytimes, or even on the floor if you get cramped. It's all a matter of getting used to it.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

The first blow is half the battle.