Quotes About Persistence

One of the major reasons why people are not doing well is because they keep trying to get through the day. A more worthy challenge is to try to get from the day.

Joe Frazier's life didn't start with Ali. I was a Golden Gloves champ. Gold medal in Tokyo '64. Heavyweight champion of the world long before I fought Ali in the Garden.

Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key.

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

When I lost my way, and When the road was too long, I was muttering to myself. Life is just that way.

Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life.

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it.

Winning is often simply getting up off the ground one more time than your opponent.

Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.

You have to go forward: It's the only way. You have to go forward no matter what happens. This is the universal law.

I'm on this road for the rest of my life.

Look at your life, everyone will always tell you you can't do sh@t, I'm proof you can do things

To ignite your life you must focus on ONE Thing long enough for it to catch fire.

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

As time goes on, you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things. And what time can't solve, you have to solve yourself.

You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done.

To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

Everywhere I looked life seemed to be full of problems and they were just going to go on and on. It was never going to get any better.

You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go far.

Just keep going - no feeling is final.

Every successful person in life began by pursuing a passion, usually against all odds.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.

It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.

There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine.