Quotes About Steadfastness

I'm a bit like a diesel engine, you know.

I've been written off more times than some of the government's tax returns but I just keep plodding along.

By singleness of purpose, by steadfastness of conduct, by tenacity and endurance—such as we have so far displayed—by this and only by this can we discharge our duty to the future of the world and to the destiny of man.

Eisenhower wrote his own son at West Point: "I have observed very frequently that it is not the man who is so brilliant [who] delivers in time of stress and strain, but rather the man who can keep on going indefinitely, doing a good straightforward job.

you can develop all of the wonderful traits you need to succeed—focus, humility, toughness, and passion—but if you quit when things become difficult or when you become discouraged, they all are worthless.

We will plant our feet firmly on the solid rock of God's Word and refuse to be moved by spirits of seduction that are luring the rest of the world into deception offered in a myriad of forms.

It's our responsibility to determine to use our sound minds, hold fast to the Scriptures, and refuse to budge from God's truth.

All I am saying is that sometimes you're doing quite a lot by not doing anything. You're not quitting. You just keep going. That's the pioneer spirit.

Okay, son. All I am saying is that sometimes you're doing quite a lot by not doing anything. You're not quitting. You just keep going. That's the pioneer spirit.

The heavens and earth stay as they were; my heart Beats as it beat: the truth remains the truth.

Hardness shatters; strength endures.

The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

there was a solidness to him, as though a flood could wash around him without uprooting his feet.

We often rush when we should plod, forgetting that we usually accomplish more by persisting than by hurrying.

The one thing that remains permanently behind the times, especially because it prides itself on its steadfastness, is the human heart, most of all that of the conscientious man. The mind is never so hard, dry, and twisted as when it has a slight chronic heart condition.

There were certain things that you hit from different angles, but you never gave up on.

Sometimes the only thing that keeps you from going mad is stubbornness and need.

de lo que se conoce con el nombre de perseverancia cuando la causa es buena,—y con el de obstinación cuando es mala.

I know what you mean," I said. "The thing is, it's not something I have to be told. I've always been a stubborn son of a bitch. When I start something I have a hell of a time letting go of it. I think that's the main way I solve things, to tell you the truth. I don't do it by being brilliant. I just hang on like a bulldog until something shakes loose.

The real teacher is endurance.

No status change, we hold our fire.

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won't matter. If I'm wrong, ten angels swearing I was right won't make a difference.

I have seen your dispatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke...