Quotes About Persistence

Got to go on, haven't we? Life goes on.

I am worried about this, but there's nothing to do but try.

He was dimly cognizant of his worsening situation, knowing that there had to be another road somewhere beyond his sexaholic jungle, and he blundered blindly through the tangled perplexities of his befuddled existence, seeking that new thoroughfare without sense of direction or the slightest idea of what it would look like if ever he managed to locate the damned thing.

It's amazing — and poignant — to think that Leonardo (da Vinci)did consider himself as something of a failure. He didn't believe that he had achieved everything he might have done. His notebooks have a repeated refrain: 'Tell me if I ever did a thing.

Trying to get information out of a Los Angeles lawyer was like opening a can of sardines without a key.

We had reached the foot of Sable's hill. Howell wrestled his car up the climbing curves. The tires shuddered and screeched like lost souls under punishment.

Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown.

Adults sometimes become impatient in the midst of Plan B and head for Plan A or Plan C.

There is no golden route to glory and happiness in life.

When Boice followed up on the group some years later, he found that their paths had diverged sharply. The page-a-day folks had done well and generally gotten tenure. The so-called "binge writers" fared far less well, and many had had their careers cut short. The clear implication was that the best advice for young writers and aspiring professors is: Write every day. Use your self-control to form a daily habit, and you'll produce more with less effort in the long run.

Fisken kom først. Mennesket er bare en seiglivet gjest ved havet.

Si no te rindes, pase lo que pase, puedes ganarte la dosis necesaria de respetuoso desprecio.

You never let go of hope no matter how many times you get knocked down and have to pick yourself up.

Please excuse this slow-witted talabeh, who will have to read the text and the margins several times to make sure he gets today's lesson right.

No dejes apagar el entusiasmo, virtud tan valiosa como necesaria; trabaja, aspira, tiende siempre hacia la altura

El protagonista es el Poeta, siempre el Poeta, solo, desconocido, abandonado, hambriento, casi un mendigo, y, sin embargo, como Colón lleva un mundo a la cabeza.

cabalgad, cabalgad sin descanso—respondió la sombra,—si buscáis el Eldorado....».

poema de Chuang-Tzu, escrito séculos antes de Cristo: "Eu sei que não terei sucesso. Tentar forçar os resultados somente aumentaria a confusão. Não será melhor desistir e parar de me esforçar? Mas, se eu não me esforçar, quem o fará?".

Se houve sofrimentos no caminho, imagino que, se não os tivesse tido, talvez a suíte nº 1 de Bach não estivesse sendo ouvida. Estou onde estou pelos caminhos e descaminhos que percorri.

The automobile engine will come, and then I will consider my life's work complete.

Never quit, don't ever, ever quit. Recognize that stopping now, regrouping to try a new approach isn't quitting. If you quit you'll regret it forever.

In life, it's not about how hard you get hit. It's about how many times you get back up and how hard you're willing to keep fighting for your dreams.

If you dont get what you want, its a sign either that you did not seriously want it or that you tried to bargain over the price.