Quotes About Perseverance

Over the course of his career, Abraham Lincoln had a staggering record of lost elections and public-office failures. For the ungainly lawyer from Illinois, failure was not only an option, it was practically his specialty. If it hadn't been, he would never have made it to the White House, and who knows what the United States would look like today. Or if there would even be such a thing as the United States. And

There is one quality which one must possess to win," writes Napoleon Hill in his all-time classic Think and Grow Rich, "and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Serving as your own boss, and doing so successfully, consistently, day in and day out, takes an uncommon degree of slight edge integrity, and frankly many business owners just don't have it.

I could not change my past but that I could rebuild a new future by taking just a small step every day in the right direction,

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is the definiteness of purpose,

All you have to do is keep doing the things that got you this far. Which is exactly what 99.9 percent of people don't do.

What do most people do? When there's a tree in the way they grab that axe, dull or not, and start whaling away at it. And if they

Impossible just takes a little longer.

The answer is as simple as it is sad: somewhere along the way, you lost faith. You became too grown-up to take baby steps, too sure you would never succeed to let yourself fail a few times first. You gave up on the universal truth that simple little disciplines, done again and again over time, would move the biggest mountains. You forgot what you used to know about the slight edge.

It's just a matter of mastering the mundane—of repeating simple little disciplines that, done consistently over time, will add up to the very biggest accomplishments.

The power of momentum: steady wins the race. The power of completion: clear out your undones and incompletes. The power of reflection: facing the man or woman in the mirror. The power of celebration: catch yourself doing something right.

The things that create success in the long run don't look like they're having any impact at all in the short run.

I was a big Doug Plank fan," said Tim Ehlebracht, a Blitz wide receiver. "Then my first day of practice I come over the middle, he hits me, and I end up in the hospital after landing on my head.

It was said that trials were what made the victory so sweet, but Herbert never bought that. From where he sat, he'd settle for having the victories come a little easier now and then. . . .

care about right now is how long this is

actually seemed more like his butt said it because at the moment, he was on his hands and knees, trying to fit into an elevated, three-and-a-half foot crawlspace that appeared to not have been entered in close

And being stubborn. "Why don't you just let me get up there?" I said, trying to

After all I'd been through, I didn't need to be wiping other people's eyeballs off my cheek.

I'm not going to let Cousin Blake ruin my life. I'm not going to let Cousin Blake ruin my life. I'm not going to let Cousin Blake ruin my life. I'm not going to let Cousin Blake ruin my life. I'm not going to let Cousin Blake ruin my life.

problematic. Yes, if you're brave, determined, strong, and a little insane, you too can construct a zombie raft. I'm

My tombstone: Andrew Mayhem. He survived knives, chainsaws, guns, and being buried alive. Then the dumbass drank poison.

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You tended to quit doing things after the bad times, and not the good times.

I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.