Quotes About Perseverance

It gives them determination and will power. That's a good thing for a man to have. It goes a long way in his life. The American people have a lot of it. They have proved that, all down through history, but they could do with a lot more of it.

Everyone roots for David, Nobody pulls for Goliath

Good things come to those who work.

Go therefore, and do that which is within you to do. Take no heed of gestures that beckon you aside. Ask of no man permission to perform.

You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.

When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

There is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.

Doubts [can] be swept away only by deeds.

Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Do you know why the nose of the bull dog is sloped backwards? So it can keep on breathing without ever letting go.

My education was interrupted only by my schooling.

And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.

If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Nations that went down fighting rose again, but those who surrendered tamely were finished.

As one's fortunes are reduced, one spirit must expand to fill the void.

Not an hour is lost that is spent in the saddle.

When we face with a steady eye the difficulties which lie before us, we may derive new confidence from remembering those we have already overcome.