Quotes About Perseverance

The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.

The good Lord made us all out of iron. Then he turns up the heat to forge some of us into steel.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.

Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.

Mistakes happen, and they happen to the best of us.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

Civilizations are built by the ceaseless toil of a succession of generations. With softness and sloth, civilizations succumb. Let us beware of decadence.

I went to USC. I wasn't a rich kid or anything like that, so I had to get a scholarship. Went to USC; my first year, I took 26 units, so I got to have a nickname. Everyone goes, 'There's 26.' So I had a nickname. Having a nickname is a good thing because then you start to get popular, and you keep that going.

My phone was not ringing very much at the time after USC, and that was a very humbling experience after being let go there and to go through that process. You start calling a lot of people that don't call you back all of a sudden, and you realize things about people.

I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.

Sometimes, life is unfair, and you have to suck it up and move on and not use it as an excuse.

I try to use my experience and the fact that I grew up in the ghetto - I tell people you don't have to rob or steal to get out of the ghetto.

I can no longer type, so I use TalkingPoint and Dragon Dictate. It's a speech-to-text program, and there's an add-on for talking which some guys came up with.

Your best ability is availability and if you're not on the field, they can't use you and you don't play. So, I try to play as much football as I can.

Those who tread among serpents, and along a tortuous path, must use the cunning of the serpent.

We all have challenges. You can let them be obstacles or roadblocks, or you can use them.

No one really sees pro athletes behind the scenes. They don't know how hard they work. They don't see how you work on the basics. They couldn't possibly know. You wouldn't think that someone who hits like Alex Rodriguez needs to use a tee every day. But that's how he stayed on top of it.

Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.

There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

I was built this way for a reason, so I'm going to use it.

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

Football has been good to me. Everyone has their destiny, but you have to make use of the opportunities. I have spent 15 years at the top of my game. It makes me happy. I love the game. I love scoring goals. But I have always taken it seriously. It is not what the game gives you, it is what you give it.