Quotes About Perseverance

Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism – it's my least favorite quality, and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.

All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism — it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and you're kind, amazing things will happen.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they though they were going to get. But if you work really hard and are kind, amazing things will happen. I'm telling you: Amazing things will happen.

Thirty-five things have to go wrong for the best thing to happen in your career

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen

I'm an American, nothing is impossible.

People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them.

On the bathing-tub of King T'ang the following words were engraved: "If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day. Yea, let there be daily renovation."

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success only comes later.

A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.

He who is influenced neither by the soaking in of slander nor by the assault of denunciation may indeed be called illumined.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

Courage cannot be left like bones in a bag. It must be brought out and shown the light again and again, growing stronger each time. If you think it will keep for the times you need it, you are wrong. It is like any other part of your strength. If you ignore it, the bag will be empty when you need it most.

No worthy goal should come easily, he told himself. Suffering created value.