Quotes About Persistence

The shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us if we be but true to ourselves.

For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, Far back, through creeks and inlets making, Comes silent, flooding in, the main. And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly! But westward, look, the land is bright!

How old am I? Old enough to know it's impossible to change the thinking of fools, but young and foolish enough to keep on trying.

The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums.

Arthur M. Winfield

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers, and sitting by desolate streams. World losers and world forsakers, for whom the pale moon gleams. Yet we are movers and the shakers of the world forever it seems.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

When we encounter unexpected obstacles in finding out something which we wish to know, there are two possible courses to take. It may be that the right course is to treat the obstacle as a spur to further efforts; but there is a second possibility - that we have been trying to find something which does not exist. You will remember that that was how the relativity theory accounted for the apparent concealment of our velocity through the aether.

When you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you" (Jer. 29:13–14). When a man is willing to set aside the legitimate appetites of the body to concentrate on the work of praying, he is demonstrating that he means business, that he is seeking with all his heart, and will not let God go unless He answers.

It is hard to teach an old dog to sit, as well as it is difficult to teach an old Laplandian rafter to swim.

Ale je?li próba samobójcza ko?czy si? niepowodzeniem, nie zawsze musi to oznacza? najtragiczniejsz? rzecz na ?wiecie. Przecie? nie wszystko cz?owiekowi si? udaje.

Pero el tiempo pasa, y dura. Y hay un momento en que todo se estanca. Los días dejan de contarse, la esperanza se desvanece... Es entonces cuando te conviertes en prisionero real. Profesional, por decirlo de algún modo. Un prisionero paciente.

el pasado nunca se borraba del todo

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Fue un hombre con mala suerte, de ésos que nacen con la marca de la derrota y nunca logran quitársela de encima.

La verdad es como la mejor jugada en ajedrez: existe, pero hay que buscarla. Con tiempo suficiente, siempre es demostrable.

Como escribió Pons Prades, muchos de aquellos hombres y mujeres que habían cruzado los Pirineos con el pelo enmarañado, desaliñados, malolientes, con barba de pordioseros, el uniforme salpicado de sangre y plomo y el mirar de visionarios, no se sentían vencidos. Porque hay gente que no se rinde nunca, o no se acuerda de hacerlo

If you are willing to devote your life to continued growth, there are virtually no limits to the levels you can reach.

ground gained must be retained at all cost and never yielded. Once attention has been caught, and interest kindled, the task is one of consolidation: the original impulse and fervor must be safeguarded and never allowed to disappear.

As long as the conditions are assembled, Illusions, likewise, will persist and manifest.

Don't temper with a turbulent river, you may never be found to celebrate your victory!

There are certain sayings that ring in your head long enough to become a chant!