Quotes About Persistence

To try to pray is to pray. You can't fail at it. Nobody can...It's the only human endeavor I can think of where trying is doing. Reaching out is holding on. Joining in is letting go.

To try to pray is to pray. You can't fail at it. It's the only human endeavor I can think of where trying is doing. Reaching out is holding on. Joining in is letting go.

Every now and then you know it's kinda hard to tell... but I'm still alive and well!

When one door closes another opens but all too often there is a long hallway in between.

People did what conservatives always did when the going got tough: they started a new group.

insistent opening bark of the UPI's Helen Thomas:

Do what you are doing. Monastic motto

Dreamers are not content with being mediocre.

Muhammad Ali said, "Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.

Succeeding in difficult times means perseverance, and that trait is not prevalent in these times. We are the now generation.

you can develop all of the wonderful traits you need to succeed—focus, humility, toughness, and passion—but if you quit when things become difficult or when you become discouraged, they all are worthless.

I am a slow walker," Lincoln said. "But I never walk backwards.

There's too much at stake for you to let some little thing distract you and pull you down into defeat.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

To all the kids out there: Follow your dream. Believe in your dream. Because dreams do come true.

When I was going on auditions, it was nerve-racking. I'd always say to my mom that it would be awesome if I could get a series. When Modern Family came along, I said, 'You know what, Mom? I believe I'm going to get this role.'

It may just be an instant... a sudden flash of light! But it will burn so bright... so spectacular... and it will persevere so that it can shine for even one second longer! That is how we humans live!

You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy.

All I am saying is that sometimes you're doing quite a lot by not doing anything. You're not quitting. You just keep going. That's the pioneer spirit.

Crazyass passion is the staple of life and persistence its nourishing force. Without them, you cannot cross the trail.

Persistence is a drug that delivers strength, but it also dulls our sense of reality. My last thought before falling asleep was that we are all a lot more capable of conquering obstacles and fears than we think.

The endurance required should have been too much for us, but across these Nebraska plains endurance just begat more endurance.

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.