Quotes About Perseverance

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.

We want a good life with a nose for things, the fresh wind and bright sky to endure my suffering. I'm a hole without a key if I break my tongue. Oh, speaking of tomorrow, how will it ever come?

The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.

No, it is not the goal but the way there that matters, and the harder the way the more worth while the journey.

The harder the life, the finer the person

Önemli olan tek bir ?ey vard?r: Sak?ngan ve korkak kimselerin yürüdü?ü yoldan ba?ka bir yönü gösterse, seni sürüden ay?rsa bile, yüre?inden gelen sesi dinle. Ya?am, zaman zaman sana dayan?lmaz ac?lar verse de, küsme, kaba davranma ona kar??.

?imdi anl?yor musun mutluluk neden senden kaç?yor? Mutluluk, u?runda çal???lmas?n? gerektirir; mutluluk gökten ya?maz, kazan?l?r. Oysa sen mutlulu?u yaln?zca yalay?p yutmak istiyorsun; bu yüzden senden kaç?yor o da; senin kendisini kemirmeni, yutman? istemiyor.

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.

This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.

Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day

Grow strong, my comrade … that you may stand Unshaken when I fall; that I may know The shattered fragments of my song will come At last to finer melody in you; That I may tell my heart that you begin Where passing I leave off, and fathom more.

The effects of high optimism on decision making are, at best, a mixed blessing, but the contribution of optimism to good implementation is certainly positive. The main benefit of optimism is resilience in the face of setbacks.

people are first depleted by a task in which they eat virtuous foods such as radishes and celery while resisting the temptation to indulge in chocolate and rich cookies. Later, these people will give up earlier than normal when faced with a difficult cognitive task.

el esfuerzo de la voluntad o autocontrol es fatigoso; si hemos de forzarnos a hacer algo, estamos menos dispuestos, o somos menos capaces, de ejercer el autocontrol si el próximo reto está cerca. El fenómeno se ha denominado agotamiento del ego.

ego-depleted people therefore succumb more quickly to the urge to quit.

Ten or fifteen years later, a large gap had opened between those who had resisted temptation and those who had not. The resisters had higher measures of executive control in cognitive tasks, and especially the ability to reallocate their attention effectively.

The conclusion is straightforward: self-control requires attention and effort.

It is difficult to reconstruct what it was that took us years, long hours of discussion, endless exchanges of drafts and hundreds of e-mails negotiating over words, and more than once almost giving up. But this is what always happens when a project ends reasonably well: once you understand the main conclusion, it seems it was always obvious.

The sunk-cost fallacy keeps people for too long in poor jobs, unhappy marriages, and unpromising research projects. I have often observed young scientists struggling to salvage a doomed project when they would be better advised to drop it and start a new one. Fortunately, research suggests that at least in some contexts the fallacy can be overcome. The

The sunk-cost fallacy keeps people for too long in poor jobs, unhappy marriages, and unpromising research projects. I

but the chapters we wrote first were probably easier than others

Unlike cognitive load, ego depletion is at least in part a loss of motivation. After exerting self-control in one task, you do not feel like making an effort in another, although you could do it if you really had to. In

you win a few, you lose a few.

and want is difficult at the best of times, and especially difficult when we most need to do it, but we can benefit