Quotes About Persistence

Kurt Marnul can win Mr. Austria," I thought, "and he's already told me that I could too if I train hard, so that's what I'm going to do." This thought made the hours of lifting tons of steel and iron actually a joy. Every painful set, every extra rep, was a step toward my goal of winning Mr. Austria and entering the Mr. Europe competition.

For me, life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to go ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

My vision of where I wanted to go in life was not normal. The whole idea of a conventional existence was like Kryptonite to me.

Training was all I could think about. One Sunday when I found the stadium locked, I broke in and worked out in the freezing cold. Every painful set, every extra rep, was a step toward my goal of winning.

I always stay hungry, never satisfied with current accomplishments.

Where the mind goes the body will follow.

To all the young MLB players, never give up on your goals. You can reach any destiny you desire.

While the difficult takes time, the impossible just takes a little longer.

I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

Art Williams

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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1.

Don't force it; get a bigger hammer.

COMMENTO DI CHURCHILL SULL'UOMO A volte l'uomo inciampa nella verità, ma nella maggior parte dei casi si rialzerà e continuerà per la sua strada.

Is your "retirement plan" to go on and on without stopping?

Luther successfully jumped onto his second curve after he stopped adding and started chipping away. As he succinctly puts it, "I am loving my life.

You can say this, too, but you need to start chipping away

But the implication remained: good things come to those who wait—and work, and sacrifice, and maybe even suffer.

People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while.