Quotes About Perseverance

Success is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it... Err in the direction of kindness.

The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Are you willing to stay right where you are and let the Lord do great things through you, though no one may seem to notice at all?

Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

We cannot wait for great visions from great people, for they are in short supply. It is up to us to light our own small fires in the darkness.

How can one come to possess great faith? Now listen, here is the answer to that: First, the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. Faith must grow by soil, moisture, and exercise.

Take advantage of little sufferings even more than of great ones. God considers not so much what we suffer as how we suffer. . . Turn everything to profit as the grocer does in his shop.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.

With the absence of pressure, it's hard to do great things.

I move forward in my life every day, even if it's only a tiny step, because I know that great things are accomplished with tiny moves, but nothing is accomplished by standing still

Great things come out of being hungry and cold. Once you're pampered, you get lazy.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Never concede the putt that beats you.

God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability... the musical gifts I have... the great opportunity to meet new people.

Great men grow tired of contentedness.

I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do.

My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'