Quotes About Persistence

Laughter is the stubborn reward of grim times.

There must be an ability to pass long hours in study and research with pleasure even though some of the effort will inevitably lead to dead ends. Such is the price of admission.

scientists, I believe, are divided into two categories: those who do science in order to be a success in life, and those who become a success in life in order to do science. It is the latter who stay active in research for a lifetime.

A] new idea will, like mother earth, take some serious hits. If good it will survive, probably in modified form. If bad it will die, usually at the time of death or retirement of the last original proponent. As Paul Samuelson once said of the science of economics: funeral by funeral, theory advances.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Edward R.Quigley

Rome wasn't deconstructed in a day.

No matter what else happens,' he said,'no matter what else you discover has happened, hold on to work. Work is the last, the most important, the only frontier. Everything else comes and goes - but work stays. The one friend, the one parent, the one child, the one lover. It's the only thread we've got to guide us through this labyrinth we call a life.

and I rose up, and knew that I was tired, and continued my journey

So I say to you: Beste children, if varken het kan, why not you? I say: Blijf in jezelf believen. I say: The world will giggle misschien, but I say: Just follow the varkentje, let the world your kontje maar zien.

I just know about sweat and frustration. And that what I once thought was impossible somehow doesn't always stay that way permanently. One day it's suddenly easy and accessible, and mostly because I've stopped struggling against it. I've just accepted where I am, keep showing up, and then the change just happens.

Ah well, he thought, we do what we can. It makes little difference but we have to do it anyway. Stern's words, he suddenly realized. Stern's very own words spoken to him long ago, whispered now in the shadows in another time and place altogether. Strange, he thought. Time is.

William Holden had his own approach. "Take any picture you can. One out of four will be good, one out of ten will be very good and one out of fifteen will get you an Oscar.

They say behind mountains are more mountains.

Success does not mean the absence of failures. It means the attainment of ultimate objectives. It means winning the war, not every battle.

Life is a journey yes just like the band so don't stop believing in yourself have faith and maybe your dreams can be achieved.

Take your time All will pass You'll still be there at home

You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

You don't drown by falling in water. You drown by staying there.

You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!

There is of course a deep spiritual need which the pilgrimage seems to satisfy, particularly for those hardy enough to tackle the journey on foot.

A journey, towards a mirage, never ends.

Continuity in any affair creates curiosity and attention.