Quotes About Perseverance

My wife called me a mule. She once said, "I didn't marry a man; I married a mule!" I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.

My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.

Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.

It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.

Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress.

Often when economic pressure is lifted, a man must pump back into himself a feeling of must.

I want every young man who sees me to know that I'm not that different from them. I wasn't born into wealth. I wasn't born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes - but I kept at it.

When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.

As a disabled man, let my life be a reflection of the endless amount of ability that exists in each and everyone of us.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.

Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit. ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.

It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.

The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress.

Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night.

A man can't just sit around.

Work hard. Hard work is the best investment a man can make.

He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.

The failure is the man who stays down when he falls.