Quotes About Persistence

I may waver a lot, but I'll work really hard and keep going.

'Grey's' is one of those shows... that's been able to ride so many waves.

Aim for the sky, but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. It is all those little steps that make the journey complete.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

We know we are on the right path. Our journey is not finished, but we have come a long way.

I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.

I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

When things don't go your way, you've got to keep trying to do the right things.

Your ability to adapt to failure, and navigate your way out of it, absolutely 100 percent makes you who you are.

It's always, 'No matter what the outing is, you can always find a way to be a better pitcher.' No matter what you do.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

Be more ambitious. Do your homework. There's no easy way around this.

The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

I could see no position to say, 'I'm going to make a living as a writer.' But I went to classes for it; I read every play in 'Theater' magazine. I saw the second acts of everything on Broadway - I had a job as a CBS usher in New York City, and on my way home every night, I'd see what shows I could get into.