Quotes about Persistence

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Americans are good with to-do lists; just tell us what to do, and we'll do it. Throughout our history, we have proven that. Colonize. Check. Win our independence. Check. Form a union. Check. Expand to the Pacific. Check. Settle the West. Check. Keep the Union together. Check. Industrialize. Check. Fight the Nazis. Check.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

I'm a man who has failed in many areas, but the one thing I don't want to do is quit.

I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.

It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.

We must pray when prayer seems dry as dust; we must write when we are physically tired, when our hearts are heavy, when our bodies are in pain.

Many waters cannot quench love,' she whispered. 'Neither can floods drown it.

You must once and for all give up being worried about successes and failures. Don't let that concern you. It's your duty to go on working steadily day by day, quite quietly, to be prepared for mistakes, which are inevitable, and for failures.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

Leaders who practice the Law of Victory believe that anything less than success is unacceptable. And they have no Plan B.