Quotes about Persistence
The Unrealistic Expectation Trap For some reason, many people think everything in life should be easy, and when they find out that achievement takes effort, they give up. But success takes hard work.
— John Maxwell
Once you find that idea, start moving forward and act decisively. U.S. admiral William Halsey observed, "All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.
— John Maxwell
Only people who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
— John Maxwell
Failures, repeated failures, are finger-prints on the road to achievement. .
— John Maxwell
My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.
— Dan Quayle
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
— Og Mandino
Desire means never quit.
— Jeff Hardy
A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.
— Napoleon Hill
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
— Michelangelo
You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent.
— Napoleon Hill
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.
— Andrew Carnegie