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Quotes About Perseverance

Know what thou canst work at, and work at it like a Hercules.
~ Thomas Carlyle
Work earnestly at anything, you will by degrees learn to work at all things.
~ Thomas Carlyle
Genuine Work alone, what thou workest faithfully, that is eternal, as the Almighty Founder and World-Builder himself.
~ Thomas Carlyle
There is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works: in Idleness alone is there perpetual despair.
~ Thomas Carlyle
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner
~ Tim Ferriss
The only way you're going to get something to last in this world is to work at it
~ Tim Tharp
Do the work, enjoy the work, take it seriously, don't take yourself seriously and keep your head down!
~ Tom Hiddleston
Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!
~ Tom Peters
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Don't try to write through it, to force it. Many do, but that won't work. Just wait, it will come.
~ Toni Morrison
My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
~ Val Kilmer
I'm this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over and over again.
~ Venus Williams
Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.
~ Victor Hugo
I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
~ Viggo Mortensen
Hard toil can roughen form and face, And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
~ Walter Scott
Do more than dream. Work.
~ William Arthur Ward
I believe that good things come to those who work.
~ Wilt Chamberlain
Somethings don't always work out the way you plan. The main thing is to keep trying, do better next time, and deal with disappointment if it comes.
~ Yogi Berra
I don't score highlight reel goals. They come from work, from getting into the corners, getting a little dirty.?
~ Zach Parise
I'm glad that, despite everything, I was able to get work done and finish something. I never finish anything. So just being able to finish record and to make music is a great gift.
~ Zachary Cole Smith
A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them.
~ Dolly Parton
The secret was to just be cool, stay in God's graces, and work it out.
~ Solomon Burke
There are many amazing female directors that made work in more skewed times, so we should be thankful for the boundaries they pushed through.
~ Unknown
There is no quick fix. At the end of the day, you still have to do the work to maintain your weight. It can't be a diet. You have to change your life.
~ Al Roker
I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up. They were mostly journals I had been reading for the previous six or seven years.
~ Marilyn Hacker