Quotes About Persistence

Hoping for "the big break"—the breakthrough, the magic bullet—is not only futile, it's dangerous, because it keeps you from taking the actions you need to create the results you want.

It was said that trials were what made the victory so sweet, but Herbert never bought that. From where he sat, he'd settle for having the victories come a little easier now and then. . . .

care about right now is how long this is

actually seemed more like his butt said it because at the moment, he was on his hands and knees, trying to fit into an elevated, three-and-a-half foot crawlspace that appeared to not have been entered in close

And being stubborn. "Why don't you just let me get up there?" I said, trying to

I will never stop being pissed. He has now created a 'lifetime of seeking vengeance' scenario.

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You tended to quit doing things after the bad times, and not the good times.

The people who seem the most like geniuses are not geniuses. They're just more comfortable with failing. They try more and they try harder than other people, and so they stumble onto more songs. It's pretty simple. People who don't pick up a pencil never write a poem. People who don't pick up a guitar and try every day don't write a whole lot of great songs. If you don't ask, the answer is always no.

Sometimes it can take me a while to relearn my own songs, but I've gotten better over the years at keeping a record of the tunings I'm playing in and/or capo positions. But there are some songs from long ago that I've never been able to figure out. Songs that will never be finished

You're on your own, like you've always been on your own. You have to keep going forward, until you can't go forward anymore.

And I am trying my best, too. Even if we don't always know what that means or how it will play out. You can get caught up in something that's beyond you, and never understand why.

an organism's primary directive is to continue to exist—

Imagine these expeditions, and then recognize that they all still exist in Area X in some form, even the ones that came

Never skip a step. Skip a step, you'll find five more new ones waiting ahead of you." The

Central might catch up to him before he got there. But lurking behind them might be something even darker and more vast, and that was the killing joke. That the thing catching up with all of them would be even less merciful—and would question them until, like a towel wrung dry and then left out in the sun, they were nothing but brittle husks and hollows. Unless

La vida es como andar en bicicleta. Para mantener el equilibrio, tienes que seguir moviéndote.

It is to be expected that when one's thoughts lead so persistently to one place, one's feet will follow.

Em geral, conseguimos encontrar em qualquer coisa que nos deixe contente, se procurarmos o bastante.

Entraron al Portal de los Varilleros pidiéndole a Dios que las convirtiera en moscas, pero a esa hora las moscas se habían ido a dormir y Dios había olvidado su forma y su tamaño. Y el milagro no les fue concedido

Contudo, o sentimento em relação às terras distantes permanece, e o interesse por elas jamais arrefece. Assim, o homem cavouca, insaciável, em épocas passadas e em culturas desconhecidas. A rigidez da própria existência aumenta, e essas épocas e culturas oferecem o instrumento inesgotável para a transformação.

Abbandonarsi ai propri pensieri per un'ora, ogni giorno, senza scopo: basta questo per rimanere qualcosa che somigli a un uomo

There are moments when I think it will never end, that it will last indefinitely. It's like the rain. Here the rain, like everything else, suggests permanence and eternity. I say to myself: it's raining today and it's going to rain tomorrow and the next day, the next week and the next century.

Emotions have their effects even after you try to bully them out of existence.