Quotes About Persistence

The victory of success is half done when one gains the habit of work.

The secret of every man who has ever been successful lies in the fact that he formed the bait of doing those things that failures don't like to do.

The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile endure awhile believe always and never turn back.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it.... Success is shy-it won't come out while you're watching.

Always aim for achievement and forget about success.

Learning is never done without errors and defeat.

My teacher once told me – "No one is perfect……..that is why pencils have erasers."

A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.

The best teachers have shown me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly - we only think it does.

The best part about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest part about being a teacher is that it matters every day.

Life is like a great teacher..... she will repeat the lesson until you learn.

Old teachers never die, they just grade away.

One can think effectively only when one is willing to endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching.

Eventually light prevails, you just have to be patient. So practice Buddhism, learn to be enlightened, put a smile on your face, go find a great teacher, meditate, and stay funny.

Why should we try, why not just take the world as it is? I told her how he had said that we had to try because the alternative wasn't blankness – it only meant that if we didn't try ourselves, we would never be free of other people's inventions.

and that's why it's so hard for them when they discover that this equality they've been told about is a carrot on a stick – something that's dangled in front of their noses to keep them going, but always kept just out of reach.

Nothing is fun until you're good at it.

But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love.

What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it.

That's why I liked the Suzuki method of teaching piano. There are seven books, and everybody has to start with Book One. Each book includes ten to fifteen songs, and you have to go in order. Kids who practice hard get assigned new songs each week, whereas kids who don't practice get stuck on the same song for weeks, even months, and sometimes just quit because they're bored out of their minds.

Hold on to what is good, even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it is a tree which stands alone. Hold on to what you must do, even if it is a long way from here.

Georgia couldn't see the wood from the trees any longer, particularly where Wickenham Manor was concerned. They'd been thrashing it out over the weekend, but getting nowhere. 'Why

All great roads are paved with uncomfortable memories.

I have a choice. That's why I'm still here.