Quotes About Persistence

Not all that have fallen are vanquished.

Focus on your dream and do everything in your power. You have the power to change your life circumstances.

You always have to finish what you start and I learned that some of life's greatest lessons come with disappointment.

The people who encouraged me weren't necessarily writers or readers themselves. They were people who were just pleased to see me devote my life to reading and writing.

Your success in life does not altogether depend on ability and training; it also depends on your determination to grasp opportunities that are presented to you.

I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings yet depend on the charity of a flower for life.

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

I'm not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years.

I met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my life, but you - you're twenty minutes.

Faith is building on what you know is here so that you can reach what you know is there.

The life of faith isn't meant for tourists. It's meant for pilgrims.

Life is a fight for territory and once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don't want will automatically take over.

I've always said I didn't have a Plan B in life. I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs.

Life is a hailstorm of distractions. It's not the monster that stops us but the mosquito.

Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on.

I've kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. Bend me in a million shapes, and eventually I'll spring back to what I originally was.

When life knocks you down you have two choices- stay down or get up.

Persistence overshadows even talent as the most valuable resource shaping the quality of life.

All right, every day ain't going to be the best day of your life, don't worry about that. If you stick to it you hold the possibility open that you will have better days.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Grind it out. Hanging on just one second longer than your competition makes you the winner.

Who would enjoy a life of no runs, no hits, no errors?

I don't think I've mastered anything. I'm still wrestling with the same frustrations, the same issues, the same problems as I always did. That's what life is like.