Quotes About Perseverance

You never really lose until you quit trying.

You're never a loser until you quit trying

You are never a loser until you quit trying.

You're never a loser until you quit trying." -Mike Ditka

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

We all have a path to take; sometimes it's hidden under the weeds, so you might have to work a little.

A car can't operate without the mechanical systems working, but it can operate with a few dents and scratches..., you are the same.

There are no tough times, hard knocks, or challenges that aren't laden with emeralds, rubies, and diamonds for those who see them through.

Most of the time you don't know how close a dream is to coming true, until after it has.

Life's adventures are only possible because of life's challenges.

Just do your best; it'll always be enough. And leave the past to your biographers.

Life is not meant to be hard so that you can be happy beyond it. The happy "ending," therefore, comes with finally understanding those tricky areas you move through while you are alive. The key is that you do indeed need to move through them and not "stop reading at the scary parts"; you must prevail, hang on, and keep trucking to emerge on the other side of whatever the tricky area was.

Being patient does not mean being passive. Move toward your dreams while you celebrate all that does work, all that you do have, and who you now are. Be with friends. Spend time alone. Don't worry. Be happy. Look forward. This is surely easier said than done, but that's just it: if these things were easy, they'd have been done and what would be the point? You signed up for the intensive program: harder in the beginning, more fun thereafter.

sometimes in life you must take one step back to take many more forward.

Everything works out in the end. If it looks like things aren't working out, it's not the end.

While there may be an infinite number of roads to Rome, none of them changes Rome.

Physically, to any degree you can, do something. These are the baby steps. They always seem futile. You may be dreaming of champagne and caviar, yet you have to ride the bus to your interview at the mall. Do it anyway. It doesn't matter that you aren't sure if you're on the right path; chances are you're not. Do it anyway. If you have absolutely no idea of which direction to move in, move in any direction.

The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential

But there's no such thing as an unchallenged life. And whether or not a person's challenges are visible to others, or greater or lesser than others may have experienced, doesn't change the fact that they exist.

Staying the course" should not be confused with clinging to a cursed "how.

Come on. Would loving parents ever give their child a book to read that didn't have a happy ending? No. But they might well advise, "Don't stop reading during the scary parts!" And neither would a "greater you" give yourself the gift of time and space if it wouldn't be all good in the long run, no matter how things may appear midway. So good that no matter what might happen, it would be worth every bump and turn along the way.

Realize that the hows and whys will all make sense soon enough.

You signed up for the intensive program: harder in the beginning, more fun thereafter.

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