Quotes About Perseverance

I have a congenital aversion to failure.

The victor shall soon be the vanquished, if he relax his exertion; and ... the vanquished this year, may be the victor in the next, in spite of all competition.

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions, not wholly unworthy of its almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly, alone, hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

The struggle for today is not altogether for today -- it is for a vast future also.

Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so: we still shall have the proud consolation of saying to our consciences, and to the departed shade of our country's freedom, that the cause approved of our judgment and adored of our hearts, in disaster, in chains, in torture, in death, we never faltered in defending.

Stand by your principles, stand by your guns, and victory, complete and permanent, is sure at the last.

I haven't been given many things, but I've been given ample, limitless patience.

Focus on your target and fight the impulse to concede too quickly.

I want you to remember this—you and I are in this life together. All the way. We don't run just because we get sacked a few times.

You're facing it now, and it's never too late.

At its best, parenthood was a challenge. At its worst, it was a struggle through quicksand.

It was reassuring to know exactly where one stood. That one stood at the end of the line was not pertinent. At least there was a line in which to subsist.

What is that admonition about not attempting to teach a pig to sing? It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Keep moving. Have a goal, One day you will arrive at a place that is better than the place where you were, even if it is only in your head.

Life is like riding a bike. It is impossible to maintain your balance while standing still.

They have locked up my body, but can imprision neither my mind nor my soul.

They hung, like mirages, shimmering in the future, and the closer you got to them the more you expected them to disappear. When his mother had gone over to work in the States for the first time and his father was supposed to have been making a special effort, Mr. Schock had still managed to turn up at Sports Day after Peter's big race. There was always another meeting, another client, another urgent matter demanding his attention.

We're working on it." That's my standard answer in situations where I don't know squat. Tomasetti

We survive the packages of pain God allows in our lives by remembering who God is and what He has done in the past.

Faith raises us above our circumstances. Faith enables us to be content even when life doesn't make sense. Faith is the bulwark that keeps us strong even when we're assailed by agonizing thoughts about what might happen or by what has happened.

If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.

If you believe in your heart that you are right, then you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.

Just when it seems as if trouble is set to destroy your hope, future, or family, God's resurrection power can help you rise above it all.

You'll never know what miracle may be waiting at the door of your offense unless you push though it.