Quotes About Persistence

you can start from where you are with what you've got and go to where it is you want to go.

Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.

Motivation doesn't last, neither does shower. That why we need it everyday

Practice is simply preparation for success.

Peak performance is dependent on passion, grit, determination, and a willingness to do something poorly until you can do it well.

But did it grow ninety feet in six weeks or was it ninety feet in five years? You think about it for a moment, and you know it was ninety feet in five years because had there been any year they did not water it and fertilize it, there would have been no Chinese bamboo tree.

This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.

Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You are the only one who can do it permanently."—ZIG ZIGLAR

Booker T. Washington said, "You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

It's the next opportunity that keeps us motivated.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.

Much about success is just the result of simply the ability to follow up, follow through, and finish what we started.

Getting knocked down in life is a given; getting up and moving forward is a choice.

You can encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated."—MAYA ANGELOU

The little things in life frequently make the difference in success and failure.

Failure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.

One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards.

The police shall never catch me, because I have been too clever for them.

Truth is on the march; nothing can stop it now.

Quitting-it was a dirty word in a place where pilgrims had endured harsh winters and where pioneers had struggled through death and disease to create new lives. Giving up or stepping back or setting aside something you thought you wanted- it was almost a shameful act.

You know how it is to want something. Desire builds like a little house in your head and it sits there, half-constructed in your mind. Women who want children are this way. Artists are this way about pictures. It doesn't go away. You may forget for a few months but then it's back, the unfinished pieces of what you want.

A winner keeps playing until the winning shot.

Excellence is not a history, but a habit.

Happiness is there when you have great imagination and vision, when you take relentless action and love your creation.