Quotes About Perseverance

effort of will or self-control is tiring; if you have had to force yourself to do something, you are less willing or less able to exert self-control when the next challenge comes around.

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

If you have had to force yourself to do something, you are less willing or less able to exert self-control when the next challenge comes around

In another experiment, 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.

Quisiera que mi determinación adquiriera determinaciones legendarias.

Qualche volta bisogna avere il coraggio di ritirarsi

AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU FAIL, WHILE LIFE REMAINS YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE YOURSELF ANOTHER CHANCE EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE WILL; CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO TRY AGAIN.

LET GO, JASON. PAIN GOES AWAY, AND IT HURTS LESS THAN FEAR WHILE IT LASTS. NOTHING DOES LAST, NOT GOOD THINGS OR BAD, NOT SUCCESS OR FAILURE, NOT LIFE ITSELF; AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU FAIL, WHILE LIFE REMAINS YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE YOURSELF ANOTHER CHANCE EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE WILL; CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO TRY AGAIN.

Give your due diligence to understanding business or you will have no place in it.

Relax. Everything will resolve itself in time— this is the way of the world.

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.

There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here.

most people do pretty well when things go pretty bad.

The only thing more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack is finding a needle in a needlestack.

My parents believe in the principle of 'sink or swim,' or 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ? or it kills you." From "The Education of Robert Nifkin

I will go on quietly and slowly, but I will go on firmly, and with a certainty of success.

General George Patton wrote from long experience: "There are more tired division commanders than there are tired divisions. Tired officers are always pessimists." The lieutenant was tired. His sergeants were not. They wanted to continue the mission.

Israel faced the Red Sea. Mountains were on each side. Pharaoh and his army were close behind. Then Moses said, "Stand still and see how God will save you.

3. El derecho a no terminar un libro ¿El libro se nos cae de las manos? Que se caiga. La gran novela que se nos recite no es necesariamente más difícil que otra. No hay química. Pero ¿Cómo es posible que no le guste Stendhal? Es posible.

Rileggere non è ripetersi, ma dare una prova sempre nuova di un amore instancabile.

Releer no es repetirse, es ofrecer una prueba siempre nueva de un amor infatigable.

It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.

By the end of the third day, I hated it. I hated it with all my heart. Nothing was going to change. The only thing I was learning was that boredom can hurt like physical pain, like wearing an iron hat, like sandpaper clothes, like being crushed under a big stone.

When you're as small as I am, people don't expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.