Quotes About Perseverance

Emet had lived a hard life without growing hardened—a mixed blessing given the indignities of his poverty.

No matter how perfect a man seems at first, he'll eventually get on your nerves. If you hope to establish lasting love, you must learn to love beyond the feelings.

a quote from Henry Ford: "THINKING ALWAYS AHEAD, THINKING ALWAYS OF TRYING TO DO MORE, BRINGS A STATE OF MIND IN WHICH NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

No time is no excuse

Failure is not a pre-requisite for success. Already successful entrepreneurs are far more likely to succeed again than who failed

When you want something bad enough, you make the time—regardless of your other obligations. The truth is most people just don't want it bad enough. Then they protect their ego with the excuse of time. Don't let yourself off the hook with excuses. It's entirely your responsibility to make your dreams come true.

Ultimately, startups are easy, stayups are hard. Keeping the show running for the long term is a lot harder than walking onstage for the first time.

Once you [work on your idea extra hours], you'll learn whether your excitement and interest is real or just a passing phase.

It won't be as easy, but lots of things that are worth doing aren't easy. It just takes commitment, discipline, and, most important, faith that it's all going to work out.

It's almost impossible to work on something and not be tempted to chase all the exciting new what-if and we-could-also ideas that come up. There's always one more thing it could do, one more improvement it should have. But if you actually want to make progress, you have to narrow as you go.

Stop equating work ethic with excessive work hours. Neither is going to get you ahead or help you find calm.

Waiting it out is just fine. The sky won't fall, the company won't fold. It'll just be a calmer, cooler, more comfortable place to work. For everyone.

Things get harder as you go, not easier. The easiest day is day one. That's the dirty little secret of business.

These half-baked, right-in-the-middle-of-something-else new ideas lead to half-finished, abandoned projects that litter the landscape and zap morale.

Later is where excuses live. Later is where good intentions go to die. Later is a broken back and a bent spirit. Later says "all-nighters are temporary until we've got this figured out." Unlikely. Make the change now.

Workaholics miss the point, too. They try to fix problems by throwing sheer hours at them. They try to make up for intellectual laziness with brute force. This results in inelegant solutions.

Si hubiera hecho caso a mis clientes,  les habría proporcionado un caballo más rápido. HENRY FORD

Si quieres hacer algo, tienes que hacerlo ahora. No puedes aparcarlo durante un par de meses y luego volver. Sencillamente, no te puedes permitir decir que lo harás más tarde. Más tarde ya no estarás entusiasmado.

To keep your momentum and motivation up, get in the habit of accomplishing small victories along the way.

Algunas veces dejar lo que estás haciendo es la decisión adecuada, incluso si para entonces ya le has dedicado mucho esfuerzo. No insistas en malgastar un tiempo necesario en un trabajo que no lo es.

I disagree, but let's commit

If you want to do something, you've got to do it now. You can't put it on a shelf and wait two months to get around to it. You can't just say you'll do it later. Later, you won't be pumped up about it anymore.

Trade the dream of overnight success for slow, measured growth. It's hard, but you have to be patient. You have to grind it out. You have to do it for a long time before the right people notice.

The truth is most people just don't want it bad enough. Then they protect their ego with the excuse of time. Don't let yourself off the hook with excuses. It's entirely your responsibility to make your dreams come true.