Quotes About Perseverance

It'll be a lot of trouble," Dick McDonald objected. "Who could we get to open them for us?" I sat there feeling a sense of certitude begin to envelope me. Then I leaned forward and said, "Well, what about me?

I worked at something whenever possible. Work is the meat in the hamburger of life. There is an old saying that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. I never believed it because, for me, work was play. I got as much pleasure out of it as I did from playing baseball. Baseball

Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness.

Her apprehensions about my becoming Mr. Multimixer had been laid to rest at this point, and I don't think she ever got over the shock of discovering that we were nearly $100,000 in debt. She couldn't seem to handle it. For me, this was the first phase of grinding it out—building my personal monument to capitalism. I paid tribute, in the feudal sense, for many years before I was able to rise with McDonald's on the foundation I had laid.

There are things money can't buy and hard work can't win. One of them is happiness.

She dutifully attended McDonald's gatherings in later years, and she was liked by operators' wives and by women on the staff, but there was nothing more between us. Our thirty-five years of holy matrimony endured another five in unholy acrimony. I

The fact that she had no bookkeeping experience bothered me not at all. I knew she would master the technical routines quickly. So I told her I couldn't pay much, but if she was willing to work hard anyhow, I could promise her a bright future. We talked the same language. She did work hard—unbelievably hard—and in less than twenty years she was one of the top women executives in the country, secretary and treasurer of McDonald's Corporation. June

T]here are no hard problems, only problems that are hard to a certain level of intelligence.

To this day, I remain convinced of this basic philosophy: no matter what quandaries we face—business problems, health issues, relationship difficulties, as well as the great scientific, social, and cultural challenges of our time—there is an idea that can enable us to prevail.

If you have difficulty reaching your goal, keep the goal, but change your strategy.

Los insatisfechos siempre creen merecer más de lo que les dan y de esas quejas se hace un mundo de pusilánimes e inútiles. De gente que le pide a la tierra fruto sin haber puesto antes empeño.

Un dragón al que se le ve el final de la cola no es un dragón demasiado peligroso, y un tren de diez vagones puede pasarte por encima pero no puede estar pasándote por encima toda la vida.

No necesito que sea bueno, me basta con que esté al otro lado".

the imagination to see, the strength to achieve, and an absolutely incorruptible moral integrity'.

If golf wasn't enjoyable and there wasn't a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it.

Fortunately, the second-to-last bug has just been fixed.

Some people find the golden ring swimming in their cereal in the morning, slip it on their finger and go skipping through life. And others drop it in the sand at the beach & spend the rest of their life digging to get it back.

You want to do something for the Lord . . . do it. Whatever you feel needs to be done, even though you're shaking in your boots, you're scared to death—take the first step forward. The grace comes with that one step and you get the grace as you step. Being afraid is not a problem; it's doing nothing when you're afraid.

Si quieres hacer algo por el Señor… hazlo. Lo que sientas que hace falta hacer, aunque tiembles de miedo, da el primer paso hacia delante. La gracia viene con ese paso y recibirás más gracia con los demás pasos que des. Sentir miedo no es el problema; el problema está en no hacer nada cuando sientes miedo—dijo la Madre Angélica.

Like the rest of us, nothing happened for Mother Angelica in a flash. Hers is a tale of mostly painful, confused, and, to the outsider, lunatic steps leading to a satisfying end. But the inspiration of her story resides in the struggle—a struggle that has for the most part been concealed or lost over time.

You have to eat and keep going. Eating is a small, good thing in a time like this.

You're broke, eh?" I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.