Quotes About Perseverance

For a man who had been in action 120 times by the age of thirty-nine, Nelson was bearing up well,

It didn't work like that at sea.

So an invasion fleet it was, and the work continued

Nobody worked harder than Napoleon himself. Fifteen hours a day was quite normal for him.

Work occupied Napoleon entirely. He neither rested by day nor by night,

Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off.

Criminals in Ecuador follow the mantra of the U.S. Marines: Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome.

don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. —NADIA COMANECI, Olympic gold medal gymnast

It is a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself up by his bootstraps. —DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

The imporant things in life never happened by accident. But even with those things that were meant to be, sometimes you had to wait awhile and then maybe give them a little nudge.

But you see Annie, where there's pain, there's still feeling and where there's feeling, there's hope.

The important things in life never happened by accident. But even with those things that were meant to be, sometimes you had to wait awhile and then maybe give them a little nudge.

No man may earn his heart's desire, lest first he brave the smoke and fire

Story of Success)

puesto que de ese modo puede conseguir su manumisión, mientras que mendigar envilece el espíritu. Por fin, tras indagar varias veces la dirección, logramos encontrar el camino que conducía a la puerta de Adad.

First Baptist of Ivy Gap

When you are having difficulties, a single attack of "Yeahbut maybe I should compromise a little for the sake of practicality" can bring an inglorious end to the fulfillment of your dream.

wages and rewards of going with the flow of your programming. The willingness to feel fear and keep going forward distinguishes the living from the merely breathing.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Why one goes on writing when one sees what writing can be - and what one's own writing is not. Aldous Huxley

Necessity does the work of courage.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

Failure to improve is rarely a physical failure; it's almost always an entirely mental shortcoming.

It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.