Quotes about Persistence
I like winning, it just takes longer
— Frank Peretti
That's life,and I can't deny it/Many times I thought of cuttin' out but my heart won't buy it.
— Frank Sinatra
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.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Do something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.
— Frederick Buechner
I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
— Frederick Douglass
How many times in her life had she been faced with the same Sisyphean task?
— Brandilyn Collins
Winston Churchill said it well: "Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.
— Brennan Manning
Active waiting is essential to the spiritual life.
— Henri Nouwen
Setting our hearts on something involves not only serious aspiration but also strong determination. A spiritual life requires human effort. The forces that keep pulling us back into a worry-filled life are far from easy to overcome.
— Henri Nouwen
If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill.
— Henry B. Eyring
We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course.
— Henry David Thoreau