Quotes About Perseverance

I'm not good at normal things. I can't drive a car. I couldn't read till I was 10.

All the talent in the world can't make up for attitude," he said. "But attitude go a long way in making up for talent.

I know time holds the winning

You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you.

Friends are not the people you meet at the top they are the people who were with you at the bottom.

There are times when life seems like a struggle where the only reward you get for hanging on is the chance to struggle some more.

But Life, being Life, can never die at all. —FREDERICK TENNYSON

without struggle there can be no triumph, without suffering there can be no happiness, and without sacrifice there can be no salvation.

Michael McCloskey

Michael McCloskey

Michael McGarrity

The old idea is that when tragedy strikes or when an obstacle blocks us, there are only two possibilities. We either become a smaller person or we become a bigger person. If it's a real life change you cannot come out the same. So therefore, you're either going to come out smaller or you are going to rise up and ultimately come out of it a bigger person.

Fear is an old word that derives from the same roots that give us "fare," as in "thoroughfare." Although it often causes people to run away from troubling situations, at a deeper level, fear means "to go through it." The hidden purpose of fear involves bringing us closer to natural instincts for survival, but also for awakening inner resources and sharpening our intelligence when faced with true danger and the basic need to change.

You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will." ? Stephen King Quote

cause when there's life there's still hope

I must survive. I have promises to keep.

Persistence is the ability to maintain action regardless of your feelings. When you work on any big goal, your motivation will wax and wane like waves hitting the shore. Sometimes you'll feel motivated; sometimes you won't. But it's not your motivation that will produce results — it's your action. Persistence allows you to keep taking action even when you don't feel motivated to do so, and therefore you keep accumulating results.

Persistence is the difference that separates winners and losers. It is the difference between success and failure. Successful people fail and keep persisting. Unsuccessful people fail once and give up. It is well said that "we fall down, but we get back up again." Failure is not falling down, it's staying down.

An idea that nobody is born to be a failure.

Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.

Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'

Overcoming the obstacles of physical ailments and hurt makes us stronger for the ordeal.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

I can live on thin rations but not without hope