Quotes About Persistence

But hope has an astonishing resilience and strength. Its very persistence in our hearts indicates that it is not a tonic for wishful thinkers but the ground on which realists stand.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.

If I can't - then I must. If I must - then I will.

Faith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations.

The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling.

Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.

We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely to wish.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.

God seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals

A commitment to growth is a commitment to risk, courage, faith, strength, hope, and a willingness to make mistakes, get back up and try again.

It's easy to just give everything up, but it takes a lot of strength and a lot of willpower to just make yourself stay on it and get up and do something different. And I had to do that.

Stay in the race. Keep running. Keep walking. Keep praying. The Lord will renew your strength.

Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.

Strength comes from waiting.

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.

Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies.

I've always admired your rather formidable will, your refusal to back away from difficulties, but sometimes strength isn't about perseverance. Sometimes it's about knowing when to quit.

The strong do not hesitate. They settle down, they sweat, they go on to the end. They exhaust the ink, they use up the paper.

When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.

No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.

The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally, and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures

Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on.