Quotes About Persistence

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.

Life's like an hourglass glued to the table.

Live life to the fullest. Follow your dreams - don't let anything stop you.

There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.

I'm idealistic so my life outlook is to never give up. Even if something seems absolutely impossible, I will run as hard as I can go.

Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing.

Life can have significance even if it appears to be a series of failures.

There's no reason to hold yourself back and say you can't do something in life unless you go for it and try to do it.

You run and you run to catch up to the sun but it's sinking, racing around to come up behind you again.

Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it!

I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life.

I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.

I just say the moral out of my life is don't quit at age 65, maybe your boat hasn't come in yet. Mine hadn't.

One should not say that it is impossible to reach a virtuous life; but one should say that it is not easy. Nor do those who have reached it find it easy to maintain.

My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind of 4:30 AM discipline that distinguishes you from others.

Those who are patient in the trivial things in life and control themselves will one day have the same mastery in great and important things.

I just believe that sometimes in life you're like a shark - you have to keep moving through water; otherwise, you'll die.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.

When we first begin fighting for our dreams, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times.

Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.

Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint.

Forget about the reasons why you can't in life and start to try

Going in one more round when you don't think you can - that's what makes all the difference in your life.