Quotes About Persistence

because that's all you can do in this world, no matter how strong the current beats against you, or how heavy your burden, or how tragic your love story. you keep going.

You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it.

A wise traveler reaches his goal and rests," he continues. "The wanderer never reaches it, but with great lethargy of mind forever directs his hungry eyes before him.

A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing goes against it," said G. K. Chesterton.

A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing goes against it," said G. K. Chesterton. That

For every star that falls to earth a new one glows. For every dream that fades away a new one grows. When things are not what they would seem you must keep following your dream.

persistence beats stupidity

that would drag on inconclusively for most of the next three centuries.

something the Byzantines had never managed to do.

Everyone gets their rough day. No one gets a free ride. Today so far, I had a good day. I got a dial tone.

If things go wrong, don't go with them.

It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Thomas Edison not only failed his way to success, he insisted, "When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't." When

If it can be done, then we'll do it. If it can't be done by us, then no one can do it." Self-Assess

I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word.

The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.

If Fred tells you a chicken can pull a freight train, your job is to hook 'em up.

And let's not forget "Dane-Geld": It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation, To puff and look important and to say: "Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you. We will therefore pay you cash to go away." And that is called paying the Dane-geld; But we've proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane.

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.

Be determined and never give up. you are much, much better than you think you are. All you need is a burning desire. Follow your dream and you'll go far.