Quotes about Persistence

But I can't stay here for a week!" "You can stay here all right, silly old Bear. It's getting you out which is so difficult.

I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way.

How does one become butterfly?' Pooh asked pensively. 'You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar,' Piglet replied. 'You mean to die?' asked Pooh. 'Yes and now,' he answered. 'What looks like you will die, but what's really you will live on.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

If there is one thing you can count on in your life, it's that your path will not always be easy.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those - in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed.

It's great to see my hard work paying off, even if it's not finished.

And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay.

Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That's just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it... that's excellence.

We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences.