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Quotes About Persistence

Winners never suffer defeat, but rather just many setbacks on their way to victory.
~ Orrin Woodward
Success is simple, but isn't easy because it demands execution, not intentions.
~ Orrin Woodward
You can either hold onto your dream by letting go of your excuses or hold onto your excuses by letting go of your dream.
~ Orrin Woodward
Never let what you don't know stop you from doing what you do know.
~ Orrin Woodward
Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.
~ Orrin Woodward
Vision and persistence will take you to the top of the leadership mountain, but only humility will keep you there.
~ Orrin Woodward
The difference between a dream and a fantasy is action.
~ Orrin Woodward
You must believe to see, see to do, do to improve, and improve consistently to win; therefore, believing is the key to winning.
~ Orrin Woodward
Longterm success begins with the longterm imagination to envision the life you've always wanted.
~ Orrin Woodward
Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts.
~ Orrin Woodward
Excellence results from the accumulation of proper choices compounded over time.
~ Orrin Woodward
To ensure longterm failure is not an option, one must learn from many short-term failures.
~ Orrin Woodward
Defeats are merely repeats with better information.
~ Orrin Woodward
Fame and fortune await the few with the faith to fall forward despite frustrating failures.
~ Orrin Woodward
Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.
~ Orson Scott Card
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris ... [because] no known motor can run at the requisite speed for four days without stopping.
~ Orville Wright
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame or money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well.
~ Os Guinness
We had patience in our fighting with the Soviet Union with simple weapons for 10 years. We exhausted their economy, so they disappeared. We will not abandon our fight until the weapons run out.
~ Osama bin Laden
Last year nothing happened The year before nothing happened And the year before that nothing happened.
~ Osamu Dazai
After that, there is nothing more to say. We will move straight ahead at the perfect pace, neither too fast nor too slow. Where does this road lead? Perhaps, you should ask a growing vine. The vine may answer. "I don't know. But I grow toward the sunlight.
~ Osamu Dazai
Be proud of struggles in your life. They bring you closer to greatness.
~ Unknown
Determination is something to consider, for it leads somewhere.
~ Unknown
Failed attempt is just one step closer to finding a solution. Keep working through the failure, it will just be one step closer to success.
~ Unknown
No amount of darkness can ever put out the smallest flicker of light.
~ Unknown