Quotes about Persistence

Practice even at the things that you have lost all hope of achieving. For the left hand, though inefficient at everything else through lack of practice, is more powerful than the right when it comes to gripping the bridle; for it has had good practice at that.

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.

Becka had a lot of these control-yourself techniques. I tried to practise them. They worked some of the time.

she'd have been gnawing her way through his bedroom walls to sink her avid fingers into his youthful flesh.

It is better to journey than to arrive, as long as we journey in firm faith and for selfless ends.

Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.

I need to keep pressing on until I am thoroughly thankful.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.