Quotes about Persistence
Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh, recieveth. And he that seeketh, findeth. And to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
— Earl Nightingale
everything comes if a man would only wait. I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose, must accomplish it and that nothing can resist a will that will stake even existence for its fulfillment".
— Earl Nightingale
Even if you can not sculpt great foundations, because you have not got that sort of talent, at least carve a child's toy... Start SOMEWHERE. Do not let this desire be simply a frustration that turns into bitterness when it could grow and develop, given some small outlet..
— Edith Schaeffer
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
— Edmund Burke
Hang by your thumbs, everybody! Write if you get work!
— Anonymous
Faith can move mountains. Doubt can create them.
— Anonymous
One more river,And that's the river of Jordan,One more river,There's one more river to cross.
— Anonymous
Over the mountains and over the waves,Under the fountains and under the graves;Under floods that are deepest, which Neptune obey,Over rocks that are steepest, Love will find out the way.
— Anonymous
If at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you.
— Anonymous
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.
— Anonymous
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
— Anonymous
Runners just do it - they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first.
— Anonymous