Quotes about Persistence
One who prays ceaselessly is one who combines prayer with work and work with prayer.
— Origen
It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.
— Aesop
Don't be discouraged if the answer to your prayer does not come immediately. Study, ponder, and pray, sincerely having faith, and live the commandments.
— Joseph Wirthlin
One movement toward light becomes a clear signpost on a long road.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals -- this alone is worth the struggle.
— William Osler
Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, or the end to be attained, but set earnestly, at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day.
— William Osler
I know you will remember this — that nothing good ever ends. If it did, there would be no people in the world — no life at all, anywhere. And the world is full of people and full of wonderful life.
— William Saroyan
If we seek and keep on seeking, we will find; if we ask and keep on asking, we will receive; if we knock and keep on knocking, the door to truth will be opened. How can we refuse an offer like this?
— William Wilberforce
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
— William Wordsworth
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
— Winston Churchill
Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.
— Winston Churchill
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
— Winston Churchill