Quotes About Persistence

The voice in the wilderness echoes in eternity because it isn't drowned by temporal applause

Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."

Life is a series of obstacles and setbacks; living is overcoming them.

In my mind, you win when you reach the start line, not the finish line.

When you're going through hell, keep going.

Runs end, running is forever.

And thus I kept doing it. Mile 20 passed. Mile 23 passed. Mile 26 passed. Running an ultra is simple; all you have to do is not stop.

intrepid outward exploration of the landscape and a revealing inward journey of the self. These are the things that keep me going, the lust for exploration and the quest to better comprehend who I am and what I'm made of.

When you're going through hell, keep going. —Winston Churchill

Running has taught me that the pursuit of a passion matters more than the passion itself. Immerse yourself in something deeply and with heartfelt intensity—continually improve, never give up—this is fulfillment, this is success.

Life is at its most extraordinary during the struggle, not during times of idle contentment

what's the use of lying down to die as long as we can stand up and walk.

Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.

You often take two steps backward to take one step forward.

You often take two steps backwards to take one step forward.

When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling," I told her. "But it is a long and difficult road, full of perils, and if a traveller on foot were to look at the length of it, his spirit would be overcome and he would sit down and refuse to go any further. You must not look to the end of the road, Portia. Look only to the step in front of you. That you can do. Just one step. And you will not make the journey alone.

Will it ever be perfect?" I wondered. "No," he told me with a smile. "Nothing in life is. But, my dear mademoiselle, life is not about achievement. It is about the effort. If one takes pleasure in every step, one enjoys the whole journey.

He isn't interested in simple. He wants what he wants. No matter how much trouble she is and no matter whether he even understands it himself.

What was it that Napoleon said, my lady? 'Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.

life is not about achievement. It is about the effort. If one takes pleasure in every step, one enjoys the whole journey.

My dear child, it is never finished. Our enemies are cunning and careful. and they are legion.

If stubbornness were water, I could sail on you to the ends of the earth.

One seldom finds something if one never actually looks for it. Deanna Raybourne, A Curious Beginning

Stay on the right path. If what you want is meant to be, then it will be.