Quotes About Perseverance

Fear is not a word in my football documentary.

While doubt cannot be expelled, it can be subdued.

As long as I have people's attention, I can't stop. You can't put the public on hold, because they might not be there when you get back. I have a pathological fear of stopping.

We grow fearless by walking into our fears.

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.

Lots of people misunderstand this. They think not experiencing fear means they're courageous. Bravery isn't about not being afraid, it's about persevering despite your fears.

To overcome fear, act as if it were impossible to fail, and it shall be.

Don't be afraid of failure. Never fear it because there's always a lesson if you're open to it. There's always a lesson at the end of it. Always.

Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.

Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too... So I think you need a little bit of both.

Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'.

You know, so often we think we have each step figured out. And then when one thing doesn't go our way, we begin to question, we being to fear what our next step will be.

The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go to Europe and get hammered.

Be larger than your task.

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.

When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape

...we should always act as if it were impossible to fail.

O weary hearts! O slumbering eyes! O drooping souls, whose destinies Are fraught with fear and pain, Ye shall be loved again.

Fear is essential for courage.

Fear not little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail. . .Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.

Today's Declaration: I am courageous. I am willing to act in spite of fear.

The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.