Quotes About Perseverance

Motivation comes in spurts—which is why Stanford psychologist B. J. Fogg recommends taking advantage of "motivation waves" so you can weather "motivation troughs.

So now what?" I ask. She is quiet for a long time, long enough that I assume she's gone to sleep. "I think this is just part of it," she says. "Civilisations fall. People keep going.

If you don't die screaming in this war, then you're fuckin' doing it wrong. At least I'm fucking doing it right.

Lark Iron Cloud, used to say that if you don't die screaming in this war, then you're fuckin' doing it wrong. At least I'm fucking doing it right.

Like standing in a creek with the water flowing against your legs, you know?

The end of the world came and my job did not change.

We are a better species for having fought this war. CORMAC "BRIGHT BOY" WALLACE

Someone can break your heart, leave you dead on the lawn, and still you never learn what to say to stop it all over again.

We're stubborn people, queer folks and Indians and queer Indians alike. Green shoots rise quickly from burnt-over earth—and rarely, if ever, in solitude.

Campbell. « Et puis, je me suis dit, c'est ridicule, il faut le faire 

Daniel Ichbiah

Conscientiousness comprises industriousness, self-control, stick-to-itiveness, and a desire for order.

Steel identifies what he calls two faulty beliefs: first, that life should be easy, and second, that our self-worth is dependent on our success.

Steel identifies what he calls two faulty believes: first, that life should be easy, and second, that our self-worth is dependent on our success.

Aquí me tienes. Esto es así. Sé que es difícil, pero puedes hacerlo. Estoy contigo.»

Así ampliamos su zona verde: enseñándoles con cariño que pueden frustrarse y fracasar y que superar la frustración y el fracaso los hará más fuertes y más sabios.

Cuando los niños dicen «no puedo» o «no quiero», pídeles que agreguen la palabra «todavía». Esto promueve una actitud abierta a la posibilidad muy poderosa, porque opera desde el cerebro afirmativo con la idea de que podrán tener éxito, de que lo lograrán siempre y cuando estén dispuestos a prepararse, a perseverar y a trabajar para conseguirlo.

delaying gratification, about having to work for something, about dealing with disappointment.

the moments you are just trying to survive are actually

develop the ability to live with balance, to face adversity with resilience, to

For Confucius to take on a student he must sense a similar passion and commitment: "Those not excited I do not instruct; those not eager I do not enlighten. If I raise up one corner and they do not come back with three corners, I do not continue" (7.8). Confucius presumably is drawing on his own experience. Learning, he knows, can be difficult and the path long. Success demands desire and perseverance. It also demands true engagement and intellectual initiative.

The sunk-cost fallacy keeps people for too long in poor jobs, unhappy marriages, and unpromising research projects.

Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.

My entire life, I have viewed every problem as an opportunity - I've had no choice.