Quotes About Persistence

That some things we're not supposed to know. We have to look as hard as we can, then know when it's time to give up. That's the time we have to lay the whole thing to rest.

It is the only point of getting up every morning: to paint, to make something good, to make something even better than before, not to give up, to compete, to be ambitious.

It doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optismism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimisim a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore you faith in yourself.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

It's so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven't you?

Tell me this--if you knew you would be poor as a church mouse all your life--if you knew you'd never have a line published--would you still go on writing-- would you?' 'Of course I would,' said Emily disdainfully. 'Why, I have to write--I can't help it at times--I've just got to.

Be the day short or be the day long, at last it weareth to evening song.

There's always a piece of unfinished work left, but I suppose there is always someone to finish it.

Then she lifted her face and smiled gallantly at the empty sky. 'There will be other rainbows.' she said. Emily was a chaser of rainbows.

I know that into everybody's life must come some days of depression and discouragement when all things in life seem to lose savour. The sunniest day has its clouds; but one must not forget that the sun is there all the time.

You'll hardly fail completely in one day and there's plenty more days coming, said Marilla. The trouble with you, Anne, is that you'll expect to teach those children everything and reform all their faults right off, and if you can't you'll think you've failed.

I have climbed my Alpine path with years of toil and endeavor.

Cada mañana hay que atravesar de nuevo la escoria muerta, para llegar al núcleo vivo y cálido.

The manager: Do you understand? Leading Man: I'm hanged if I do. The Manager: Neither do I. But let's get on with it. It's sure to be a glorious failure anyway.

let me win, but if i cannot win, let me be a brave at the attempt

The exhumation of your soul will be successful only if you dig one deep hole rather than a lot of shallow ones.

Si caminamos lo suficiente, alguna vez llegaremos a alguna parte.

Long time lines trail behind every idea, object, person, pet, vehicle, and event.

something you all got to start thinking about, I will check up on everything I ask you to do and I'll keep on checking until I'm satisfied.

You're very difficult." He only flashed her the slightest of smiles. "Likely why you wed me. It wouldn't have done for you to have found a man simply and won him without effort.

Sometimes, he said, the important things take time, sometimes they don't just happen all at once, sometimes answers come out of time and struggle, and learning. sometimes you just have to try again in a different way.

Just wait, just be patient, he will return.