Quotes about Persistence

The Christian life is very much like climbing a hill of ice. You cannot slide up. You have to cut every step with an ice axe. Only with incessant labor in cutting and chipping can you make any progress. If you want to know how to backslide, leave off going forward. Cease going upward and you will go downward of necessity. You can never stand still.

The secret to life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.