Quotes About Persistence

Search for Me as for hidden treasure. I will be found by you.

I look for persistence—rather than perfection—in your walk with Me. P

YOU HAVE BEEN ON AN UPHILL JOURNEY for a long time, and you are growing weary. You yearn for some easy days, for a path that is not so steep. But it is the strenuous climbs that take you ever upward—closer and closer to the summit.

Do not be weighed down by the failures and disappointments of this day. Resolve to begin tomorrow anew, seeking to walk with Me.

Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always." PSALM 105 : 4

Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually. —Psalm 105:4 (NASB)

You'll methodically do everything you can to find me, then tick that off your list: a job well done. But will you ever even want to know why I went missing?

Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.

We don't stop, not even when we reach the finish line. It's a journey for life, Neve.

Now, Neve, are you about to say no to me?' 'Well, it's just that—' 'Because the word "no" is not in my vocabulary, along with the words "can't" and "Victoria Beckham".

But Neve, you can't start a book and leave it halfway through,' he'd said implacably. 'It's almost as bad as turning down the corner of the page, instead of using a bookmark.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Last guys don't finish nice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

Some rather seek up high Than dig and grind that inner truth

Whatever you do, dancing or whatever, you got to hit. Don't sleep on it. Just hit.

I sit up in bed slowly, feeling the disappointment trickle away like puddles after a rain shower.

Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.

The first-day objective of those landing on Cape Helles had been to secure a small village some four miles inland, and then to advance on the Turkish forts just above. Over the next seven months, the British would never reach that village, but would suffer nearly a quarter of a million casualties trying.

Progress won't be a straight line but if you keep learning you will have more successes than failures, and the mistakes you make along the way will help you get to where you want to go.

a small idea, applied consistently, can have disproportionately large effects.

Effective PMs simply consider more alternatives before giving up than other people do.