Quotes About Perseverance

If your perception of and response to failure were changed, what would you attempt to achieve?

Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.

Esto no se acaba hasta que hayas aprendido de ello".

Author Napoleon Hill noted, "Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit." To develop persistence over the long haul, you have to cultivate inward determination on a continual basis. And if you do, someday your story may be similar to one of these: •Admiral Peary attempted to reach the North Pole seven times before he made it on try number eight.

El fracaso es la oportunidad de comenzar de nuevo más inteligentemente.

si hay poca o ninguna confianza, no hay fundamento para el éxito permanente.

You will never get to the point that you no longer make mistakes, that you no longer fail. But that's okay.

as the Chinese proverb asserts, "Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still." —

People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem.

The price of success is failure.

Have you found a good road to where you are? If so, we want to send other men to join you. Livingstone replied, I want men who will come even if there is no road at all." If you keep your attitude positive but plan for the worst, you'll find yourself in a good position to solve problems that come your way.

Work Through Your Insecurities:

My dad drilled into us kids that if we started something, we would have to finish it. He used to say, "When you made the choice to start, you made the choice to finish. It's not two choices; it's one.

Don't ever be too impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But, take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's probably not really a change.

The largest locomotive in the New York Central system, while standing still, can be prevented from moving by a single one-inch block of wood placed in front of each of the eight drive wheels! The same locomotive, moving at 100 miles per hour, can crash through a wall of steel-reinforced concrete five feet thick. The only difference is momentum. Confidence gives you the momentum that makes the difference. You

Sidney Howard said that half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. When the

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.

Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.

We are all failures—at least, all the best of us are. —J. M. BARRIE W

Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated, "Adversity is the first path to truth.

stop asking, "How long will it take?" and begin to wonder, How far can I go?

Success expert Peter Lowe, who has gleaned success secrets from hundreds of people who are at the top of their profession, says, "The most common trait I have found in all successful people is that they have conquered the temptation to give up.

Failure results from bad breaks.

You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard," says A. L. Williams. "You beat another 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.