Quotes About Perseverance

I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.

Whenever you fall, pick something up.

Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

Push YOURSELF to the edge of YOUR limits. That's how they expand

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

We do today what they won't, so tomorrow we accomplish what they can't.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

One of the things I like about my profession, and that I find healthy, is that one constantly has to break oneself to pieces.

When we were told it's impossible, we knew it's the right way to be done.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.