Quotes About Perseverance

When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.

I refused to take no for an answer.

Women are like tea bags.They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water.

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.

There's nothing wrong with being fired.

Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.

My best successes came on the heels of failures.

I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.

One of the most powerful forces in the world is the will of men and women who believe in themselves, who dare to hope and aim high, who go confidently after the things they want from life.

I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed.

Nobody . . . took me seriously. They wondered why in the world I wanted to be a chemist when no women were doing that. The world was not waiting for me.

I always smile when I hear that women cannot excel in mathematics.

Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.

Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.

The lives of great men and women are miracles of patience and perseverance.

Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.

We all understand situations where it's swim or drown. Sometimes we surprise ourselves when we start swimming and see how well we can do it.

Don't let anyone rob you of hope.

And I am not one of those women who trips twice over the same stone.