Quotes About Persistence

It's a good sign when a student goes chasing the wind and catches it,

put his back into it, he managed to slide it slowly

It felt wrong giving up without trying everything possible.

You get things done. Not always the best way, or the most sensible way, but it gets done nonetheless. You're a rare creature.

Tuan volgen oketh ama ~ Lass dich davon nicht verrückt machen. Wörterlich aber bedeutet es: Steck dir deswegen keinen Löffel ins Auge.

The second was some rather bad poetry, but it was short, and I forced my way through by gritting my teeth and occasionally closing one eye so as not to damage the entirety of my brain. Third

I am telling you three times.

If you'd known how difficult it was, you never would've stood a chance of doing it.

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Era fuerte como una bacteria resistente, y frugal como la garrapata, que se inmoviliza en un árbol y vive de una minúscula gota de sangre que chupó años atrás.

Fue un monstruo desde el principio. Eligio la vida por pura obstinación y por pura maldad.

It's like the fellah in the lavatory said, No job's over 'til the paperwork's done.

Old boy, in this life there will always be a certain amount of shit to be shovelled. I really would urge you to buy a long-handled spade and simply get on with it.

can't be done," Buzz said. "You're only saying that because it never has," Loki said.

Herc watches the door. Occasionally, it watches him back. They can spend hours before one of them breaks down.

We had several Startenders who could not only sell ice to Eskimos, but also convince them to pick up snowmaking machines and air-conditioners, not to mention bathing suits and outdoor swimming pools.

So that, in the end, there was no end.

stones, even, are smoother for the dust.

Nevertheless, Michael Erard's (2012) review of the cases of some of history's most successful learners of multiple languages shows that their unusual talent was also associated with a willingness to work hard at tasks that many would consider too boring or difficult, such as using word cards to study vocabulary.

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.

When you hit a wall, just kick it in.

So be we king or be we bum the reed still whistles the heart still hums

I wiped the shit from my shoes again and again, still going about my business, that of being alive, the best I could.

But we keep on going, he continued, fostering all kinds of crazy hopes. To redeem the lost, some sliver of personal revelation. It's an addiction, like playing the slots, or a game of golf.