Quotes About Perseverance

Grades don't measure tenacity, courage, leadership, guts or whatever you want to call it. Teachers or any other persons in a position of authority should never tell anybody they will not succeed because they did not get all A's in school.

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

What you need, above all else, is a love for your subject, whatever it is. You've got to be so deeply in love with your subject that when curve balls are thrown, when hurdles are put in place, you've got the energy to overcome them.

You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.

Whatever happens, I'll just keep moving forward. Like an avalanche.

I grew up with pretty much nothing - in the hood, the ghetto - whatever you want to call it.

My mom always taught me - you know, little boys listen to their moms too much - that whatever you put into something is what you're going to get out of it.

It's the same with success and failure. There's always the momentum thing, but you just have to put whatever happened in the past behind you.

My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

I'ma always stick to my roots, but whatever life brings, that's what is meant.

The simplest way to say it is that I think we're all dealt these cards in life, but the cards in and of themselves don't read one way or the other. It's up to you to home in and cultivate whatever you've got in your hand.

Whatever things you go through, you stay true to who you are and your core values.

Whatever you do, take pride in it and be great at it.

I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.

When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far away it seems.

Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.

It shouldn't matter what you're into, how you look - you can achieve whatever you aspire to.

Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball I'm definitely not the best guy on the court, but I love elbowing and pushing people out or boxing them out.

For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.

All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.

I am unbelievably competitive and whatever the challenge is, I will go for it. I will give everything 110 per cent.

Whatever it is you want to do, take a job in that field. You will learn by experience and, slow and steady, you'll get it done!