Quotes About Perseverance

Our squadron commander said, 'You've got to shoot down four enemy planes before you're shot down yourself because that's what the odds are. Otherwise you're wasting your time.

I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me.

It is very important to a lot of people to make unmistakably clear to themselves and to the universe that they love the universe but are not intimidated by it and will not be shaken by it, no matter what it has in store. Moreover, they demand something from themselves early in life that can be taken ever after as a demonstration of this abiding feeling.

Every one of my books had killed me a little more.

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I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God has given us, to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalog of human crime. You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word. Victory, victory at all costs; victory in spite of all terror; victory however long and hard the road may be.

Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.

Now everything was going to be impossible, but better.

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.

Stay a dreamer, and you'll never have your dream; get down in the nitty-gritty, and when you get your dream you see what horseshit it was in the first place.

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.

Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.

Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.... Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture ... Do not build obstacles in your imagination ... Do not be awestruck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.

A masterful retreat is itself a victory.

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.

No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities — always see them, for they're always there.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities — always see them, for they're always there.