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Quotes about Persistence

Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
— Napoleon Hill
There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
— Zig Ziglar
That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never say never
— Charles Dickens
If you don't pay the price for success, you'll pay the price for failure.
— Zig Ziglar
If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.
— Paulo Coelho
I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing
— Cormac McCarthy
It's only pain which leads us to achieve something special.
— Anonymous
Follow your star, it's never too late, even if it doesn't quite happen as you expect.
— Jemima Pett
Roots creep under the ground to make a firm foundation. Shoots seems new and small, but to reach the light they can break through brick walls.
— Jane Goodall
The longer something takes, the less likely it is that you're going to finish it.
— Jason Fried
If you want to do something, you've got to do it now. You can't put it on a shelf and wait two months to get around to it. You can't just say you'll do it later. Later, you won't be pumped up about it anymore.
— Jason Fried