Quotes About Perseverance

If your hope dieth, your duties die, your endeavors die, your joys die, and your souls die. And if your hope be not acted, but lie asleep, it is next to dead, both in likenss and preparation( 585).

As Socrates said when his wife first railed at him, and next threw a vessel of foul water upon him, "I thought when I heard the thunder, there would come rain

But a tedious way to a grievous end(745);

I know necessity may cause the Church to tolerate the weak; but woe to us if we tolerate and indulge our own weakness.

Father Diny interrupted to tell Joe a story about the World War II pilot with this slogan on his plane: Non illegitimi carborundum. Biden looked at him quizzically ... he didn't remember much Latin. "Loosely translated," Father Diny continued, "it means: Don't let the bastards get you down.

If they were honest, many parents would confess that their primary reasons for not allowing their child to quit something is because of financial reasons, or personal reluctance to get involved, or both.

like maintaining the grounds of a castle when the knight, fallen in battle, will never be returning

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.

Developing mental toughness isn't just about being resilient – it's about accessing your reserve tank when you think you just can't go any further.

how slim the line is between genius and insanity and between determination and stubbornness.

Success is more than luck. You have to believe in yourself and make it happen.

hard-won things are more valuable than those that come too easily.

And once we decide to do something, we should never look back, never regret it.

The beginning is the most important part of any work,' while the Chinese say, 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Challenge is the core and mainspring of all human action. If there's an ocean, we cross it. If there's a disease, we cure it. If there's a wrong, we right it. If there's a record, we break it. And if there's a mountain, we climb it.' I totally agree and believe we should all continue to challenge ourselves.

The best lesson I learned was to just do it. It doesn't matter what it is, or how hard it might seem, as the ancient Greek, Plato, said, 'The beginning is the most important part of any work

Perhaps he was in a hurry because he didn't get the idea for McDonald's until he was aged 52.

As you pursue your career, your efforts may sometimes meet with failure. Don't be discouraged -- one of the best ways to learn how to do anything is to make mistakes. It took time and a lot of errors before I achieved any successes.

To be successful you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running.

I became the lease holder of the Roof Gardens after a bouncer refused me entry for wearing jeans and looking too scruffy. I bought the place the next day, and gently informed the bouncer to let me in regardless of my clothing. He turned out to be a delightful gentleman and ended up working for us for another three decades.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Following through and establishing a baseline of unspoiling takes more work than does maintaining it.

Whatever you do, do not back down.