Quotes About Persistence

Even mountains are worn away by the wind, and no one can climb the same hill twice.

Men kept sticking their hands in the fire thinking this time it would not burn, so

legalább maradj talpon, úgy fogadd el az elkerülhetetlent. (...)

Impatience was a vice when beginning a journey of unknown length.

An enemy who comes once, will come again. Unless they are stopped. My

Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute.

Leaving something unfinished was nearly as bad as messing up the details.

A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey

I never heard of forkroot, but walking seems to help the effects pass. You can walk most things off.

One day he was going to understand women. When he had the time to apply to it. He suspected a lifetime would not be enough, though.

What had to be endured, could be.

Surely there was nothing that could not be Healed, not if the woman wielding the Power was determined enough. When

Small things were important. Seconds were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's

I ran from you as hard as I could to shield my honor. And you followed me even here. The rings do not lie, and I can run no more. Her tone firmed decisively. I will run no more.

We all wake from the dream one day," Gaul said gently, "but if she still dreams, we will find her. But if Aiel took her, we must go. They will move quickly. Even in . . . this." He put considerable disgust in the word, kicking at a clod of snow.

The only thing to do, as it had been from the beginning, was to keep moving. Keep moving, and not think. Thinking was dangerous, he knew.

In the Borderlands, her people had a saying: "Only the Dark One stays the same." Men grew and progressed; the Shadow just remained as it was. Evil.

I have tried to kill him," he babbled. "Rand al'Thor. I have tried! But I cannot find him. I cannot! I was told my family would be killed if I failed, one by one. I was promised I would be last! I have cousins, yet. Nephews. Nieces. I have another sister! You must give me more time!

It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out where the strong man stumbled, nor where the doer of deeds could have done them better. "On the contrary, the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena—whose vision is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes up again and again; who knows the great devotions, the great enthusiasms; who at best knows in the end the triumph of his achievement. "However

I'm going and I'm not going to die. I'm going to prove to you that you're not the only one who survives.

We can learn so much from them, y'know--just by watching them. They've been at it all night. They just don't stop--they're resilient. They eat until it's gone and then they're content. I almost admire them. The thing you have to realize is that they're just us--they're no different. They want what they want, they take what they want and after they get what they want--they're only content for the briefest span of time. Then they want more.

Life pushes all of us around. Some people give up and others fight. A few learn the lesson and move on. They welcome life pushing them around. To these few people, it means they need and want to learn something. They learn and move on. Most quit, and a few like you fight.

Failure inspires winners & defeats losers.

Excellence is born of preparation, dedication, focus, and tenacity; compromise on any of these and you become average.