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Quotes About Perseverance

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.
~ Willie Aames
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
~ Winston Churchill
It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.
~ Steve Nash
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
~ Baltasar Gracian
Good things happen to those who hustle.
~ Chuck Noll
I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl.
~ Amy Adams
Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a loss is a good way to stand still.
~ Chuck Knox
I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.
~ Miguel Indurain
I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.
~ Virgil Thomson
I never understood the idea that you're supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn't something I relate to at all. The goal is to continue in good and bad, all of it.
~ Diane Keaton
You have good days and bad days.
~ Usain Bolt
In any situation, I'm going to be good.
~ James Harden
What's the point in wasting a perfectly good brick wall when you have someone to throw against it, that's what I always say.
~ Cassandra Clare
Good things come slow, especially in distance running.
~ Bill Dellinger
Remember that good things come in threes and so do bad things and always apologize when you've done something wrong but don't you ever apologize for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining.
~ Sarah Kay
Being a good artist is the toughest job you could pick, and you have to be a little nuts to take it on.
~ Charles Saatchi
I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.
~ Anne Baxter
When I started racing my father told me, 'Cristiano, nobody has three balls but some people have two very good ones.'
~ Cristiano da Matta
Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.
~ Audrey Hepburn
All I know is that if I continue to pitch well, good things will keep happening.
~ Justin Verlander
Everything that happens-good and bad-should motivate you to be persistent.
~ Jim Tressel
You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.
~ Jason Patric
All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.
~ Patti LaBelle
There is no such thing as good enough. You, your team, and your equipment must be the best. That is how you will win victories.
~ Gene Kranz