Quotes About Persistence

I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories.

The good news is I have time.

I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.

Any individual can be, in time, what he earnestly desires to be, if he but sets his face steadfastly in the direction of that one thing, and bring all his powers to bear upon its attainment.

It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.

You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By becoming a little better each and every day, over a period of time, you will become a lot better.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fail, but because each time they fall. They never fail to rise again.

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

Eventually, time takes care of everything. The trouble with procrastination is that people give up on it too soon.

I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game. Whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time.

I have gotten where I am today only because I have persisted against all odds for a long time.

Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.

It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

The first 90% of the job takes 90% of the time. The remaining 10% of the job requires another 90% of the time. The first condition of immortality is death.

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday.

Change does not take time - it takes commitment.

Many Christians are so spiritually frail, sickly, and lacking in spiritual vitality that they cannot stick to prayer for more than a few minutes at a time.

Inches make a champion.

A real dreamer must have a mutual trust with time.

I want to be like Tom Cruise from 'The Outsiders' and go on and do amazing movies for a long time.

In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.

Always time to dream, so keep on dreaming!

For a finite-size system to persist in time (to live), it must evolve in such a way that it provides easier access to the imposed currents that flow through it.