Quotes About Perseverance

To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence. But fear must play some part...no relaxation is possible, and all discretion is thrown into the wind.

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.

Dry your tears, have no fears.

Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

Courage never takes away fear; courage simply redistributes fear to get the job done.

Don't let fear of failure discourage you. Don't let the voice of critics paralyze you - whether that voice comes from the outside or the inside.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.

I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.

This pain to remain the same outweigh the pain to change... When you get tired enough is when you begin to want to sacrifice everything inside of you—the fear just leaves

Playing rugby at school I once fell on a loose ball and, through ignorance and fear, held on despite a fierce pummelling. After that it took me months to convince my team-mates I was a coward.

I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years. But on we go, without fear or hesitation!

Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.

Successful people don't fear failure, but understand that it's necessary to learn and grow from.

Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out... and do it.

A drop in the ocean has no fear of a hurricane.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.

They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.

Believe, don't fear, believe.