Quotes about Persistence

Prayer [is] the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.

Self discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

Failure exists only for the person who quits. I do not quit.

I've got to be willing to enter into and do battle with the confusion in order to reach the victory on the other side. It's like, I am here, confusion is in front of me, and just beyond confusion waits the answer or skill I need to take my life in a new and incredible direction.

But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak.

1. The buck stops here. I am responsible for my past and my future. 2. I will seek wisdom. I will be a servant to others. 3. I am a person of action. I seize this moment. I choose now. 4. I have a decided heart. My destiny is assured. 5. Today I will choose to be happy. I am the possessor of a grateful spirit. 6. I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit. I will forgive myself. 7. I will persist without exception. I am a person of great faith.

Our lives may be swayed by gales of adversity, we may be drowning in the floodwaters of helplessness, but with strong hope we continue the search to find a way when all evidence shouts, 'Quit.

THE SEVENTH DECISION FOR SUCCESS: I will persist without exception.

I have faith in my future. I do not look left or right. I look forward. I can only persist.

If the source were simply a few behavioral habits, you would have conquered them already.

Pursuing a vision requires faith. Pursuing a great vision requires great faith. Pursuing a vision will test, stretch, and at times exhaust your faith. And while you are pulling your hair out down here, God revels in the glory he receives.

One gets to the place one wants to be the same way one got to the place one didn't want to be—by putting one foot in front of the other and moving in a specific direction.