Quotes About Perseverance

Succeeding in difficult times means perseverance, and that trait is not prevalent in these times. We are the now generation.

you can develop all of the wonderful traits you need to succeed—focus, humility, toughness, and passion—but if you quit when things become difficult or when you become discouraged, they all are worthless.

Whether we bring them on ourselves or they are forced upon us, difficult times come, and it is what we do once they have arrived that is important.

I am a slow walker," Lincoln said. "But I never walk backwards.

You cannot become distracted by success, and losing focus happens just as much through prosperity as it does adversity.

adversity does not mean that you cannot experience victory—

Failure is not final, and I always have said it is fertilizer for future success.

Don't leave five minutes before the miracle?

Golf is the cruelest game, because eventually it will drag you out in front of the whole school, take your lunch money and slap you around.

than 3,500 lawsuits in his life. That's almost 50 lawsuits a year, since birth.

Not only that, if he double-bogeyed out, he'd break 100, which would be on a par with a lobster climbing out of the tank at Jimmy's Seafood Grill, taking the stage and whistling the entire score of Cats. "Gentlemen, we

It might be harder than you imagined it to be -- it might take longer -- but you can change things, Marik. Your life is significant. As low as you are . . . there is only room to rise. But you have to let go.

If you know someone who is discouraged because his fight isn't won yet, speak to that person truthfully and forthrightly, the way a commanding officer would speak to his troops.

There's too much at stake for you to let some little thing distract you and pull you down into defeat.

Keep climbing,' he told himself. 'Cheeseburgers,' his stomach replied. 'Shut up,' he thought. 'With fries,' his stomach complained.

You know what would help this boy?" Demeter mused. "Farming." Persephone rolled her eyes. "Mother-" "Six months behind a plow. Excellent character building.

My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

Hermes gazed up at the stars. 'My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet--

I'd like to say I took the news well. The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time. --Percy Jackson

What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?" "I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you." "Why?" "Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?

We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.

The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.