Quotes about Persistence
We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything else but beginners, all our life!
— Thomas Merton
Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.
— Norman Vincent Peale
It's the impeded stream that sings.
— Wendell Berry
Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.
— Teresa of Avila
As you assess your current location and motivation for being an entrepreneur, do not be discouraged by the size or number of obstacles in your path. If you can catch a vision for it then God can do it!
— Bishop TD Jakes
But you cannot go through the Door of Destiny without passing through the Hall of Haters.
— Bishop TD Jakes
If we have been diligent to hide the Word of God in our hearts, and if we continue to labor over that Word, we can be assured that in the time of harvest we will reap a bountiful reward if we faint not. (See Galatians 6:9.)
— Bishop TD Jakes
There is no success like the success of a man who had to persevere in order to receive it. People appreciate the victory when they have to walk it out.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Second, the biblical principle of "ask, seek, and knock" is prudent advice for gaining a higher level of access.
— Bishop TD Jakes
If there is a tenacious burning desire in the pit of your stomach, you become very difficult to discourage.
— Bishop TD Jakes
I love beautiful; always have. I never saw why I should hate what I wish I had. Love it harder. Work your way closer. Clasp your hands around it tighter. Till you find a way to make it yours.
— Tana French
I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged.
— Arthur Conan Doyle