Quotes About Persistence

Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day.

Do whatever you do intensely.

Those who cannot begin do not finish.

Battle against obscurity

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be, stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt;Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.

Until I get the keys to the Kingdom, Lord, I ain't giving up.

Faithfulness isn't defined by a solitary act or achieved in a single day; it's a long obedience in the same direction, to borrow Eugene Peterson's phrase.8

For who has despised the day of small things? – Zechariah 4:10

Pray without ceasing. – 1 Thessalonians 5:17

Patient plodding produces durable results.

There are grave difficulties on every hand and more are looming ahead. Therefore we must go forward. —William Carey

He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. – Psalm 126:6

Stressed-out individuals tend to press too hard for results at crucial moments, and the harder someone presses for a result, the less likely it is he will achieve it.

The first one is the Tortoise and Hare Theory, which states: The outcome of most situations in life are determined over the long term. The guy who gets off to a fast start merely wins a battle; the individual who's ahead at the end of the race wins the war. Battles are for ego-trippers, wars are for money-grippers.

I tried to (and still do) live by the words of Abraham Lincoln: "If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe.

I guess you might say that it was a paradox of sorts in that I prepared for long-term success by bracing myself against the effects of short-term failure. I again emphasize that this philosophy works only if you are prepared to succeed. It does not work if you simply use it as an excuse to fail in a situation where it may have been possible to succeed had you tried harder or been more persistent.

When it comes to situations that don't work out, whether in my business or personal life, my motto remains: "Next!" Forget about it, move quickly on to the next deal, and let the law of averages work its wonders.

The heart never forgets, never gives up, the territory marked off for those who came before.

To pray earnestly means praying habitually and continually, like breathing.

Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

There is very little sustained performance at the level of excellence—of any kind, anywhere—without continuous coaching.

The question is not what will bring down the liberal order but what can possibly hold it up? If the liberal order is like a garden, artificial and forever threatened by the forces of nature, preserving it requires a persistent, unending struggle against the vines and weeds that are constantly working to undermine

Okay, it's pretty obvious what we're doing here, people. If it's dead - fucking KILL IT