Quotes About Perseverance

When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.

We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training." —Archilochus

Pure hell forces action, but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization.

The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. —ROBERT FROST, American poet and winner of four Pulitzer Prizes

My maxim comes from Samuel Beckett, a personal hero of mine: 'Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.' You won't believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.

Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it "eventually," just do it and correct course along the way.

If the best in the world are stretching their asses off in order to get strong, why aren't you?

courage was more important than confidence. When you are operating out of courage, you are saying that no matter how you feel about yourself or your opportunities or the outcome, you are going to take a risk and take a step toward what you want. You are not waiting for the confidence to mysteriously arrive. I now believe that confidence is achieved through repeated success at any endeavor.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I'll spend the first four sharpening the axe." —Abraham Lincoln

Mastery is a journey, not a destination. True masters never believe they have attained mastery. There is always more to be learned and greater skill to be developed.

I overhear Bobby Flay say, "Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed. It's that simple." I

I eventually learned to cook by focusing on two principles. Both of them apply to all learning and will be your constant companions throughout this book: failure points and the margin of safety.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. —BENJAMIN DISRAELI, former British Prime Minister

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.

It's always the hard part that creates value.

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.

Oftentimes, in order to do the big things, you have to let the small bad things happen.

Stop wishing and start doing.

Not Dead, Can't Quit.

I'm not the strongest. I'm not the fastest. But I'm really good at suffering.

I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking, "If only that hadn't happened life would be so good." Then I suddenly realized, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path. Our role here is to get better at navigating those obstacles. I strive to find calm, measured responses and to see hindrances as a chance to problem-solve.

Define the worst case, accept it, and do it.

Hard feelings pass. Don't suffer fools or you'll become one.