Quotes About Perseverance

Keeping your mouth shut whilst eating shit will get you far in life but your soul will die of starvation.

If artists put more effort into being ignored, they'd get more attention

So I shall say it again: that which does not offend us makes us weaker

And if we succeed... If we somehow accomplish this thing that seems so impossible, it will be the most glorious victory imaginable. The Fourth of July will no longer be known only as an American holiday, but as the day when all the nations of the earth stood shoulder to shoulder and shouted: 'We will not lay down and die. We will live on! We will survive!' Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!

Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. —T. S. Eliot

Life is a series of obstacles and setbacks; living is overcoming them.

But struggling and suffering, as I now saw it, were the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not constantly demanding more from yourself—expanding and learning as you go—you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip.

It had been said that the marathon doesn't really begin until mile twenty. I say mile twenty-six would be more appropriate. The final two-tenths of a mile is filled with emotion. No matter how desperately you're struggling at this point, thoughts typically drift away from the immediate task at hand (ie, survival) to broader feelings.

Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!" —FORREST GUMP

I started running to escape the memories that drinking couldn't cover up

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon. If you want to talk to God, run an ultra.

I didn't go up there to die, I went up there to live.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. —T. S. Eliot The

You cannot grow and expand your capabilities to their limits without running the risk of failure. And failure can provide invaluable lessons.

Either 100 percent commitment, totally unwavering devotion, or nothing at all.

In my mind, you win when you reach the start line, not the finish line.

When you're going through hell, keep going.

Runs end, running is forever.

And thus I kept doing it. Mile 20 passed. Mile 23 passed. Mile 26 passed. Running an ultra is simple; all you have to do is not stop.

When you're going through hell, keep going. —Winston Churchill

All racers are runners, but not all runners are racers.