Quotes About Perseverance

Old wounds. They faded, but they never really went away, did they?

truck driver, but mostly earning

People fall forward to success.

I was taught to put my best into anything I did and I can honestly say Ive always done that. Still, there are many times when I failed, when I was disappointed.

Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.

We fall forward to succeed.

People fail forward to success.

There is a way; Up, Around, Over or Through

It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

Give yourself something to work toward -- constantly.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

No te rindas nunca, porque nunca sabes si el próximo intento será el que funcionará

How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the chances to recover and try again? How does one break the news that nothing permanent can be formed in an instant--children are not weaned, potty trained, taught manners, introduced to civilization in one or two tries--as everyone imagined.

Things tent to get worse, before they got worse

Failures of nerve and energy are not permitted. That's what it means to be an object.

What are you doing?" "Can't you see? I'm sawing down this tree." "You look exhausted! How long have you been at it?" "Over five hours, and I'm beat! This is hard work." "Well, why don't you take a break and sharpen that saw? I'm sure it would go a lot faster." "I don't have time to sharpen the saw. I'm too busy sawing!"[*]

Fame may pass over my head; money may escape me; my one friend may fail me; every hope may fold its tent and steal away; Happiness may remain a sealed book; every remnant of human ties may vanish; I may find myself an outcast; good things held out to me may suddenly be withdrawn; the stars may go out, one by one; the sun may go dark; yet still I may hold upright my head, if I have but my steak—and my onions.

Have you ever struggled to find work or love, only to find them after you have given up? This is the paradox of letting go. Let go, in order to achieve. Letting go is God's law.

Théodore Vacquer,

Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

I can only offer this advice: if you expect sunny paths all the time and no storms you will know disillusionment, but if you are prepared for rough paths and storms you will cope and will know the pleasure of achievement

She waved me to a plaid couch in the middle of the living room floor. I eased down and looked around the sorry place. The odor of stale turnip greens was so thick, it seemed like it was seeping through the walls. Every piece of furniture looked like it belonged in the city dump, especially a chair with no legs facing the couch...If Betty Jean hadn't been so cheerful, I would have felt sorry for her.

Like almost every other colored person, I couldn't tell the difference because we'd been going through a "depression" all our lives.

I convinced myself that having to drive a