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Quotes About Perseverance

Instant gratification in photography is not something that I need or desire. I find that the long, slow journey to the final print captivates me far more.
~ Michael Kenna
I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.
~ Nelson DeMille
Keep Inspiring everyday, because when you retire, you will lose desire, become tired, and expire.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
I tried to abandon my tenacity, but I just couldn't let it go.
~ Tim Fargo
I found out that the things that hurt us the most can become the fuel and the catalyst that propel us toward our destiny. It will either make you bitter or it will make you better.
~ T. D. Jakes
You can't wait around for destiny to give you what you think you deserve, you have to earn it, even if you think you've paid your dues.
~ Slash
Man can change his destiny-not by wishing for it, but by working for it.
~ Chinmayananda Saraswati
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Whatever your trials, remind yourself that you are a spirit and are capable of changing your destiny.
~ Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
I'm the type of person where, A., I look at things as challenges, I like challenges and, B., I truly believe that you determine your own destiny.
~ J. Cole
If you're dedicated, if it's something that lives and breathes in your heart, then you've simply got to go ahead and do it.
~ Rodney Crowell
I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view.
~ Michael York
When destiny calls you, you've got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you've got to move on.
~ Phil Collins
It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lessons that form our character and shape our destiny.
~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf
What destiny sends, bear! Whoever perseveres will be crowned.
~ Johann Gottfried Herder
When you have something so important, something that you'll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it's worth getting a few dark circles, don't you think?
~ Joan Bauer, Peeled
If there is something more powerful than destiny, this must be the human being who bears destiny unshaken.
~ Rudolf Steiner
Your destiny is not determined by your critics. Focus on running your own race.
~ Joel Osteen
Some never get started on their destiny course because they cannot humble themselves to learn, grow, and change.
~ Casey Treat
Heaven is the place where the donkey finally catches up with his carrot: hell is the eternity while he waits for it.
~ Russell Green
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.
~ Andrew Carnegie
To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.
~ Alexis Carrel
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.
~ James Russell Lowell
It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.
~ Jean-Claude Duvalier