Quotes About Perseverance

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.

Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.

No let another man success make you think say you know they try...

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.

Feeding on Christ and living by Him should not be an occasional practice. Rather, it should be the way we live twenty-four hours a day.

In the midst of a crooked, perverse, and adulterous generation, a generation whose temptations no one could withstand, Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. God came to strengthen Noah that He might stand with him and uphold him. That was the grace that Noah found, and that is the grace that we need today.

if we lust for ease and comfort today—caring only for ourselves, stopping halfway, and giving up our rights in the matter of pursuing the Lord—we will not be able to recover those rights; neither will there be any compensation for them. This is an eternal loss.

We all must learn not to pray according to our victory. It is easy to pray after we have been victorious, but not after we have failed.

The children of Israel fought not only with God but also for God.

Don't care what they say, you reach for the stars.

You ain't gonna stop trying to get where you going until you reach it.

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.

Things do not always happen as one plans. There are many disappointments in life. There is always the unexpected. You plan carefully, you decide on one step after another, and then...well, that is life. We are not God. So you see, one cannot afford to be weighed down by the unexpected. You will find that only determination will bring one through, sheer determination. And faith in God. Don't ever neglect your prayers....

Fasten your jibs and loosen your mainsails, you lousy lubbers.

It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.

People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions as I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industriously studied through many times.

than all the sandbags and dumb-bells put together.

Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.

Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail

All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

All things come to him who waits -- provided he knows what he is waiting for.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!