Quotes About Persistence

They persisted in the face of discouragement until they gained the kind of acceptance accorded to the inevitable.

It's queer,' I said 'the ways things go on, I mean. Like a seed - it looks all shriveled and finished, you'd think it was dead, but it isn't. And now a new life is starting, coming into all this . . .' Josella put her face in her hands. 'Oh God! Does it have to go on being like this? On - and on - and on - ?

There is no state of being called "trying".

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective, it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.

Durante años vivimos al galope —dijo Frances— y de pronto las dudas nos asaltan, el paisaje se ensombrece, nos sentimos perdidas y solas, y repentinamente tomamos conciencia de que tendremos que seguir avanzando a tientas porque ya no podemos volver sobre nuestros propios pasos.

You tried. That was all you could do. All any of us can do....

I tried to stay in the clear parts of the road, avoiding horse dung. Perhaps going barefoot had not been the wisest choice.

He leaned down and nuzzled my ear. "Ah, my Lara. I took you from your sheltered den, kitten." "No." I straightened, wiping my face. "I left my den and chased you, remember?

It's impossible to stall a Lizzie.

Everything I know about passive resistance I learned from Micheline. She always appeared to be doing exactly as she was told, but everything she did took twice as long as it should have.

I am like a ruined piece of parchment scrawled over and over again with your name, so many times it has become illegible.

It is incredible what you do, knowing you have to.

It is possible there are some things you want so badly that you will change your life to make them happen.

But she did it. Because you do. It is incredible what you do, knowing you have to. A

She tried to, anyway.

It's not over yet. A dream can spend all night fighting off the morning. Let me start again. —Elizabeth Willis, from "Ephemeral Stream." Poem-A-Day January 2, 2014

If he let himself believe that, he would lie down in the middle of the road and give up. So he took the thought right out of his mind and left it sitting there on the side of the road.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

If you are seeking health, wealth, usefulness, skill in any direction, there is nothing and no one who can hinder your attainment of the coveted boon, if you are willing to work and wait

There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.

Besides, easy is overrated, and the only easy day was yesterday.

Use excessive work or

She was healthy & thriving, like a weed: a weed with no interest in trying to become, say, a proper flower.