Quotes About Persistence

If one concentrates on one thing and does not get away from it ... he will possess strong, moving power.

I thought what I was good at doing was playing real simple guitar licks, since I'd cut my teeth on what Duane Eddy was doing; licks that were simple but had staying power.

People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through to the next level, to evolve.

Whatever it is, you have to show up for the job, and power through.

Never underestimate the power that one good workout can have on your mind. Keeping the dream alive is half the battle.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.

Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up.

Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite.

Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.

Congress is not a party which fades when not in power

Bread takes the effort of kneading but also requires sitting quietly while the dough rises with a power all its own.

A warrior of light knows that certain impossible battles are worth fighting and so he/she is not afraid of being disappointed, knowing the power of his/her love.

If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it.

The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on a dim and perilous way!

I thought how we might have to yell to be heard by Higher Power, but that's not saying it's not there. And that is faith for you. It's belief even when the gods don't deliver.

To ask for power is forcing uphill a stone which after all rolls back again from the summit and seeks in headlong haste the levels of the plain.

Don't knock the power of a pest," Leif said. "Persistance and stubborness can be useful in many situations.

You need to recognize and sweep aside certain weaknesses which stand between you and your goals. Your persistence develops into a respected, proved, progressive power.

The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.

Dreams don't "come true". Dreams get "made true". You have the power to get up, execute and make beautiful results happen, day by valuable day.

All want power, but few will wait to gain it for themselves.

Keep your working power at its maximum.

...he walked up and down through life.