Quotes about Persistence
Walking toward the light. None of us lives in the light; we can only walk toward it, with the eyes and legs God has given us.
- John Updike
When he strays from straddling the mane of weeds, brambles rake his painted sides.
- John Updike
Remember this your lifetime through: Tomorrow there will be more to do. And failure waits for all who stay With some success made yesterday. Tomorrow you must try once more, And even harder than before.
- John Wooden
If you stay intent and your ability warrants it, you will eventually reach the top of the mountain.
- John Wooden
To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.
- John Wooden
Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
- John Wooden
Perfection is what you are striving for, but perfection is an impossibility. However, striving for perfection is not an impossibility. Do the best you can under the conditions that exist. That is what counts.
- John Wooden
The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- John Wooden
You must believe in what you're doing, that what you're doing is the proper thing, the right thing. And you must have faith that things will end up as they should, which doesn't mean as you want them to, but things will work out as they should.
- John Wooden
I had mistakes, plenty, but I had no failures
- John Wooden
You must define success as making the complete effort to maximize your ability, skills, and potential in whatever circumstances—good or bad—may exist.
- John Wooden
Remember That Success Can Take Months—or Years—to Achieve but Can Be Undone in Minutes.
- John Wooden