Quotes about Persistence

Show no mercy. Never stop. Mercy is a chimera. It can be defeated by the stomach rumbling its hunger, by the throat crying its thirst.

Sometimes the Lord wants us to wait and rest in Him. Other times, however, He wants us to press into His kingdom and receive what is rightfully ours in Christ.

Sometimes we make the process more complicated than we need to. We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

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.