Perseverance Quotes - Page 4

I will design myself a reputation, in which prospects can place their trust, and customers return to and recommend.

A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure.

You see, it is so hard for these creatures to persevere. The routine of adversity, the gradual decay of youthful loves and youthful hopes, the quiet despair (hardly felt as pain) of ever overcoming the chronic temptations with which we have again and again defeated them, the drabness which we create in their lives and the inarticulate resentment with which we teach them to respond to it--all this provides admirable opportunities of wearing out a soul by attrition.

Be daring, be passionate and persistently pursue your dreams.

My intention was, only, ever to help you see the light shining brightly in front, and inside, of you.

I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a by-product. The course was more plodding than heroic: I did not strive valiantly against doubters but took incremental steps studded with a few intuitive leaps.

A daisy blooming in a desert is worth more than a rose blossoming in a rainforest.

I think this is when most people give up on their stories. They come out of college wanting to change the world, wanting to get married, wanting to have kids and change the way people buy office supplies. But they get into the middle and discover it was harder than they thought. They can't see the distant shore anymore, and they wonder if their paddling is moving them forward. None of the trees behind them are getting smaller and none of the trees ahead are getting bigger. They take it out on their spouses, and they go looking for an easier story.

Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.

You should feel so driven to help the world that it would weigh you down if a single person received anything but the best.

The chance that you will become a master in something after the first attempt is neither here nor there. You don't get master's degree by attending school on the first day! Time will tell, so you got to persist!

Where are we going? It’s not an issue of here or there. And if you ever feel you can’t take another step, imagine how you might feel to arrive, if not wiser, a little more aware how to inhabit the middle ground between misery and joy. Trudge on. In the higher regions, where the footing is unsure, to trudge is to survive.

Let me tell your something. I'm from Chicago. I don't break.

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

Do what you love. Know your own bone gnaw at it bury it unearth it and gnaw it still.

Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better.

A flower does not fulfill its destiny until it blooms, and a star does not fulfill its destiny until it shines.

I see any difficulty as an adventure.

A willing soul will keenly go the length, breadth and depth to fulfill the dream.

Every failure if you let it is an opportunity to reinvent yourself and move forward.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

And so it must be with the energy you muster for your own work. Get out there and convert the unconverted. Save them all from the charlatans and the nearly-men.

Countless possibilities exist in any situation. You must maintain a positive outlook to see the miraculous possibilities.

The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.

People suffer all over the world, every day. But people triumph all over the world every day, too.

So often we quit on the first failure. We must persistent long enough to achieve success.

Bad luck with women is a determined man's road to success. For every affliction, he makes, out of indignation, yet another advancement in order to exceed the man that the woman chose over him. This goes to show that great men are made great because they once learned how to fight the feeling of rejection.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

Stumbling towards greatness is better than sprinting towards mediocrity.

It is perseverance that leads to great accomplishments.

Don't quit. It's very easy to quit during the first 10 years. Nobody cares whether you write or not, and it's very hard to write when nobody cares one way or the other. You can't get fired if you don't write, and most of the time you don't get rewarded if you do. But don't quit.

Certain motherfuckers think they can fuck with my shit, but you can't kill the Rooster. You might can fuck him up some times, but, bitch, nobody kills the motherfucking Rooster. You know what I'm saying?

But the Count hadn’t the temperament for revenge; he hadn’t the imagination for epics; and he certainly hadn’t the fanciful ego to dram of empires restored. No. His model for mastering his circumstances would be a different sort of captive altogether: an Anglican washed ashore. Like Robinson Crusoe stranded on the Isle of Despair, the count would maintain his resolve by committing to the business of practicalities. Having dispensed with dreams of quick discovery, the world’s Crusoes seek shelter and a source of fresh water; they teach themselves to make fire from flint; they study their island’s topography, it’s climate, its flora and fauna, all the while keeping their eyes trained for sails on the horizon and footprints in the sand.

Gratitude is uplifting and helps you glow, stay beautiful, and feel eternally young as it churns up zeal and undying enthusiasm.

Sometimes you can't fight. Sometimes, some things, you have to outlast.

Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end.

Persistence and passion will make you invincible.

It is easy to smile in the face of a challenge, when we believe in ourselves that we won't back down.

You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you can't have more than you have until you do better than you're doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you can't do better than you're doing until you can have more than you have.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

A FAILED RESOLUTION IS NOT THE FAULT OF RESOLUTIONS.

I know that suffering is one place where He ministers to us the most. So to think that we've had our quota would be foolish. I am just longing for the day when all the pain stops.

The power of the Will in a man, is favoured by the Heavens. The man who sets his Heart and Word onto something, and says "I will" no matter what obstacle is placed in his way— joins the ranks of the demi-gods. All else remain in mortality and are soon forgotten.

Anyone who crawls up from the gutter and makes something of themselves, despite the odds and despite others who tried to keep them down, must always be very proud of their achievements. They must never forget the struggles they went through, because they are a living example to those who wander in darkness, a staunch reminder that light is within reach if they can find the strength and determination to keep going.

Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

When we no longer have the strength to keep on walking, God will carry us. His strength is enough for you and I.

The road to success is longer than you'd like, but shorter than you imagine.

You have to conquer every obstacle, before you can reach the top of the mountain.

All you need is a little hope in order cope in times of failure, and be able to try again with a better intelligence for excellence!

Whatever gets you through the night

Kiss your scars. Fall in love with them. They ought to serve as life-affirming reminders—a lingering trace of hope. The only reason we have these scars is because we survived and are still here.

Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.

But I weren't no quitter No wolf nor bear just gives up when they get beat or hungry. You ever seen a bear jump off a cliff 'cause life handed him a few rough draws? No, you haven't. The wild keeps going till it don't have strength in its muscles and bones. The wild doesn't give up; it's forever, and so was I.

We must unceasingly ask for [perseverance] by making use of the means which God has taught us for obtaining it: prayer, fasting, almsgiving, frequenting the sacraments, association with good companions, and hearing and reading Holy Scripture.

Beauty is sometimes born of pain

Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning, you will think that you are wasting time, but you must go on, be determined and persevere in it until death, despite all the difficulties.

Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end.

Shifting perspective(s) and being proactive are essential to your our life paths, progress and possibilities: "Just because a door appears closed it does not mean that it is locked - nor that it will not open with the right heart, call or touch

A mighty storm is inconsequential when facing a mighty ship.