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Quotes About Perseverance

Death cannot put the brakes on a good dream.
~ Marva Collins
No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.
~ Elisabeth Elliot
Good dreams don't come cheap You've got to pay for them.
~ Harry Chapin
You can't be blocked if you just keep on writing words. Any words. People who get 'blocked' make the mistake of thinking they have to write good words.
~ Martha Grimes
You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.
~ Imelda Staunton
I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.
~ Amy Grant
No, I don't have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I've had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so you never know what's around the corner.
~ Lee Westwood
After hitting two balls into the water- By God, I've got a good mind to jump in and make it four.
~ Simon Hobday
Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.
~ Pierre Corneille
When we played the back end of a horse we always knew that if we worked hard and did a good job we could become the front end.
~ George Burns
That's a good way to live, go against the wind.
~ Bob Seger
If you're doing the best you can, that's good enough.
~ Chieko N. Okazaki
Good ideas, like good pickles, are crisp, enduring, and devilishly hard to make.
~ Rushworth Kidder
There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.
~ Marcus Aurelius
The were good times, there were hard times, but there were never bad times
~ Steve Jobs
If a poor house is well kept, or a poor girl well groomed, there is elegance if not beauty. If good people should come upon hard times, why should they immediately give up on themselves?
~ Zicheng Hong
I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances.
~ Cristiano Ronaldo
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.
~ John Steinbeck
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough.
~ Ry Cooder
Good intentions aren't enough. People have good intentions when they set a goal to do something, but then they miss a deadline or other milestone.
~ Harvey Mackay
In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.
~ Leonard Cohen
Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart.
~ Steven Cojocaru
My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win.
~ Edward Teller