Quotes About Persistence

And that is why we sometimes have to push through enemy territory when we pray. It is not that we are praying out of the will of God, or that God is unwilling to hear us, but that we have to penetrate a hostile kingdom in the heavenlies in order to reach Him.

It begs for a gospel of perseverance through inevitable failure... There is no antidote to the chaos of creative markets. Only the brute doggedness to endure it.

Forget motivation; just get used to doing things straight away.

one of the first light bulbs ever manufactured remains lit, over a hundred years after it was first switched on.

a woman smart and persistent enough that even a PhD in psychology hasn't clouded her insight into how people think and act.

Forests precede us and deserts dog our heels.

Even tho' he struggled with life he kept elbowing his way through the crowd of envy, even tho' it felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders he would never allow his head to hang to the ground; in a world lost in misery. -MillYentei

The desire to write grows with writing.

The world may be ever-changing and full of uncertainties, but walking away is not the answer. World-rejection, according to the epic, is dangerous and destructive.

Neither death nor wisdom has a full stop. There are only commas-no destinations, only waiting rooms.

All work has inadequacies; even fire is enveloped by smoke.—Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, verses 47 and 48 (paraphrased).

Don't ever let anyone steal your dreams.

way. Ben stayed on.

Things in rest tend to remain in rest. Things in motion tend to remain in motion." - Practice

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.

There isnothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.

Get used to it. Life doesn't give, it takes. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

Sometimes you met someone that changed the pattern, who wormed their way past the cracks in your heart, caulked them up, sealed themselves in, and stayed there. Sometimes they did it by insisting you meet them at every step, as Jamie had done to me.

Why was he here? Why was he always, always, always around? Didn't he have a life? Didn't he have anything better to do?

Just remember, I am not going anywhere," he said, still watching her lips. "And if you ever try to hide from me, I will not believe you are dead. I will find you. Count on it.

The difference between mediocrity and excellence is often a matter of effort.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much.