Quotes About Perseverance

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.

He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.

Anyone who says he won't resign four times, will.

Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.

There's only one thing to do with politics, and that is to survive it.

If you're in the penaut business you learn to think small.

I watched Nancy Pelosi and Tom Daschle. Good grief. What whining weenies.

Politics has never been for the thin-skinned or the faint-of-heart, and if you enter the arena, you should expect to get roughed up.

At 23 years old, I came into politics as a dragon slayer. At 63 years old, I'm going out as a dragon.

Never quit politicking and never underestimate your opponent.

One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.

In politics, one is never finished. Look at me!

Put temptation on the unenjoyment line.

No man has done everything he can who has done only his best.

I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what will happen.

He sailed through American history like a steel ship loaded with monoliths of granite.

I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.

I've paid my dues. I've earned your votes. Send me.

One of the things that has always been my undoing in politics is my readiness to do whatever job has to be done.

My hat's in the ring. The fight is one and I'm stripped to the buff.

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.

Dealing with pain for surviving on this thirsty concrete

Monsters always make more trouble before they die.