Quotes About Perseverance

You can shout it to every star, Bare your soul up to the moon, Cast your problems nightly afar— But they always flood back by noon.

Life lesson from the nursery: Broken crayons can still color.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

I dare to be honest, and I fear no labour.

[Y]ou can do it, even if you can't. Just keep can'ting until eventually you can.

Climb from the depths of your soul to the heights of your future.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on!

When you get to your wits' end, you will find that God lives there.

We won't break, Mary. We look very small, but the reed can carry weight.

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.

The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.

It's because so much happens. Too much happens. That's it. Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything. That's it.

You must be at the end of your rope. I felt a tug.

Please be patient. God has not finished with me yet.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.

I am having an out-of-money experience.

Effort is like toothpaste: you can usually squeeze out just a little bit more.

When all else fails, pray for a fire drill.

The human story does not always unfold like a mathematical calculation on the principle that two and two make four. Sometimes in life they make five or minus three; and sometimes the blackboard topples down in the middle of the sum and leaves the class in disorder and the pedagogue with a black eye.

Do not fall before you are pushed.

Life is like riding a bicycle; we can keep from falling if we keep moving. Only a few trick-riders can stand still and not tumble.

You want to run out in front, prepare to be tripped from behind.

He who burns his bridges better be a darn good swimmer.