Quotes About Perseverance

There were times when I thought I got a bit more punishment than was coming to me, but I don't regret a minute of it now. Each of us must be tempered in some fire. Nobody had more to do with choosing the fire that tempered me than myself, and instead of finding fault with the fire I give thanks that I had the metal to take the temper and hold it.

The whipping post is a strange place to gather fresh confidence and courage, yet that's what it gave me, and in that dark cell I left behind many fears and misgivings.

A lazy person never gets what he wants, but a hard-working man gets what he goes after.

I can do anything through Christ who gives me strength.

most having reached the places they needed to be and devoted themselves to what needed to be done.

Courage, real bravery, is being afraid and doing what you need to do anyway.

Thank you." "For?" "You never gave up. Not on me, and not on the world. The day we met I told you that happiness was an illusion, as I had been taught by the Mage Guild elders. You have shown me that happiness does exist.

You're welcome. I still think I got the better end of the deal. Thank you for not giving up, even when our chances of reaching this day seemed like an illusion, even when it seemed there was no hope left. It looks like we have some more challenges to face someday, but I won't mind dealing with them as long as you're beside me.

What if they're waiting for us out there?" Jason asked, his voice echoing oddly in the tunnel. "Then you and I are going to go through them like a stampede through a weak fence," Kira said. "What happened to the Kira who didn't think she could do anything much?" "Kira doesn't have the luxury of self-doubt at the moment.

Can you row some more?" "The engines cannae take no more, Captain," Jason muttered in an accent stranger than his usual one, then turned a grin on her. "That's another ancient joke.

I can't believe we survived that." "I can't believe how you can fight." "I was scared to death. I hardly knew what I was doing." Jason shook his head. "I'd hate to fight you when you did know what you were doing.

If I only believe something when it's easy, when it doesn't cost anything, then I don't believe it, do I?" Kira asked him. "I knew it was dangerous. I'm not giving up." Jason looked back at her, angry and frustrated. "You are like your mother!

If something really bad is going to happen, I want it to be while I'm trying to get something important done, not while I'm running.

Let me tell you something. Folks never know what they can do until they really have to, and then like as not they discover there's a lot more in them than they ever thought.

You Can't Hire Someone Else to Do Your Push-ups for You

SWSWSWSW Whenever you ask anyone for anything, remember the following: SWSWSWSW, which stands for "some will, some won't; so what—someone's waiting." Some people are going to say yes, and some are going to say no. So what! Out there somewhere, someone is waiting for you and your ideas. It is simply a numbers game. You have to keep asking until you get a yes.

When you do something you love with passion and perseverance, you are already a success. Even if you never hit the big time, who cares?

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown. H. ROSS PEROT American billionaire and former U.S. presidential candidate

IF YOU GO TO WORK ON YOUR GOALS, YOUR GOALS WILL GO TO WORK ON YOU.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. B.C. FORBES Founder of Forbes magazine

Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

TAKE ACTION Things may come to those who wait,but only the things left by those who hustle. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Sixteenth president of the United States What we think or what we know or what we believe is,in the end, of little consequence.The only consequence is what we do.

Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience…. When one door closes, another always opens; as a natural law it has to, to balance. BRIAN ADAMS