Quotes About Persistence

Addressing the problem required standing up and shoving his hand into his pants to free his testicles from the grip of his underwear. He was not ready for such a commitment, so he endured. The mind can imagine nothing except while the body endures.

A strong desire derives a person straight through the hardest rock.

Lascian poi alle volte le cose più imbrogliate di prima. Quelli che fanno il bene, lo fanno all'ingrosso: quand'hanno provata quella soddisfazione, n'hanno abbastanza e non si viglion seccare a star dietro a tutte le conseguenze: ma coloro che hanno quel gusto di fare il male, ci mettono più diligenza, ci stanno dietro fino alla fine, non prendono mai requie, perché hanno qualche canchero che li rode.

Anyone who spotted a weed in a neglected field—a nice wild sorrel, say—and wanted to know whether it had come from a seed that had sprouted in the field, was blown in by the wind, or had been dropped there by a bird, would never, no matter how long they pondered it, reach a conclusion

Mathematicians have, according to Wright, been "unreasonably successful" in finding applications to apparently useless theorems, and often years after the theorems were first discovered.

If I have my health I can carry on. There will be a point when I do quit but I have absolutely no idea when that is.

Sweeter after difficulties'.

There's a lot of satisfaction that comes from knowing you're doing your best, and there's even more that comes when it begins to pay off. I

Disciplined perseverance pays far more dividends than impetuous attempts at individual heroism.

For me drive means a combination of a willingness to work hard, emotional fortitude, enormous powers of concentration and a refusal to admit defeat. At

When winning becomes a way of life, true winners are relentless.

when you're managing change, you have to accept the quieter spells and acknowledge that transformations take longer than a year.

The Only time to give up is when you are dead.

Love does not forget!

True love would look a second time. True love would not be thwarted. True love would not accept no for an answer. He would search the world and certainly look again and again in every cottage in Euphrasia until he finds you.

So what if I cannot be a model, if I am no longer considered beautiful, if Malvolia is trying to catch me. I am climbing a tree! And I am doing so with Jack.

This is who I am. This is what I love. This is who I am. I know that I can do it, and it's what I want to do more than anything. And I realize I have to do anything I can to make it happen, even if it means leaving other things behind.

Gyo(?) You practice; you reach a new level; and then you practice again.

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies.

the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure and success.

My first novel was not the first one I started. It was the first one I finished.

It's nothin' to me, he said. We're none of us made right for this world. But we're still here, aren't we? And

If you put your mind to it, not as a school lesson but as a practical tool that you've got to master, you may find it a lot easier than you think.