Quotes About Perseverance

Never forget the six-foot-tall man who drowned crossing the stream that was five feet deep on average.

If you've settled on the value approach to investing and come up with an intrinsic value for a security or asset, the next important thing is to hold it firmly. That's because in the world of investing, being correct about something isn't at all synonymous with being proved correct right away.

A good approach is to allow one dream per novel. Then, in the final revision, go back and get rid of that, too.

Life is a cement trampoline.

Sometimes, you know, it seems I'm only allowed to live life between headaches.

Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. Dag Hammarskjöld

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

When you're in a hole, quit digging!

After the storm, many citizens left New Orleans to live elsewhere, but those who stayed were determined to rebuild. They loved their city.

When you give up,' said a slim older man whose home we rebuilt, 'you might as well lay down and die.' It was obvious that we weren't just giving people back their homes, but also restoring a sense of dignity.

Be bold, but be fair. Don't give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail

All great companies have passed through bad years that forced soul-searching and rethinking of priorities. How we deal with them will be the litmus test.

At Starbucks 0 as in any business, in any life - there are so many hectic moments during the day when we are simply trying to do the job, trying to put out the fires, trying to solve any number of small problems, that we often lose sight of what it is we're really here to do.

The world belongs to the few people who are not afraid to get their hands dirty." I

But my story is as much one of perseverance and drive as it is of talent and luck. I willed it to happen. I took my life in my hands, learned from anyone I could, grabbed what opportunity I could, and molded my success step by step. Fear of failure drove me at first, but as I tackled each challenge, my anxiety was replaced by a growing sense of optimism. Once you overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, other hurdles become less daunting.

In the course of the year I spent trying to raise money, I spoke to 242 people, and 217 of them said "no.

Being entrepreneurial means you will fail. You just have to be willing to listen to people who tell you something is broken, and then fix it.

I could not allow us, or myself, to drift into a sea of mediocrity after so many years of hard work

Just because others cannot see your vision doesn't mean that vision isn't achievable.

Years later, that image of my father -slumped on the family couch, his leg in a cast, unable to work or earn money, and ground down by the world- is still burned into my mind. Looking back now, I have a lot of respect for my dad. He never finished high school, but he was an honest man who worked hard.

If you examine a butterfly according to the laws of aerodynamics, it shouldn't be able to fly. But the butterfly doesn't know that, so it flies.

Any company, when faced with adversity, would be tempted to go forward with an idea that promises to quickly erase pain. But in business as in life, people have to stay true to their guiding principles.

I've been really lucky. And I really, genuinely believe that if you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they'll prove you right.

To Coach Brantford, I could do almost nothing right. He told me that I didn't play tough enough, I didn't hit anybody and that my skating and passing needed a lot of work. If you came to a practice or a game, you'd have never known that I scored 25 goals & had 39 assists what with Coach Brantford always harping on me about something I was doing wrong.