Quotes About Persistence

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing.

The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure.

If you want to hit home runs, you've go to swing a lot.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

Who seeks, and will not take, when once 'tis offer'd, Shall never find it more.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones.

Never let the things you can't do, stop you from doing what you can.

That old star that you been wishin' on is shining mighty bright, but it's the fire inside your heart that's gonna lead you to the light.

Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.

Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.

Don't give up. Keep going. there is always a chance that you stumble onto something terrific. I have never heard of anyone stumbling over anything while he was sitting down

There is always a way to go if you look for it.

Anyone who genuinely and consistently with both hands look for something, will find it.

If someone says no, you're talking to the wrong person.

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.

The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.

Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

How to succeed? Try hard enough.

The sky is the limit... for some people aim higher nothing is impossible.

Somehow difficulties are easier to endure when you know your dream is waiting for you at the end.

You cannot stop. If there is a concrete wall in front of you, you have to go through it. You can never, ever give up or even think in terms of giving up.