Quotes about Perseverance

More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.

If it all just happened overnight, you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see.

He know where He wants to take me, and He'll get me there, in spite of myself.

There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

I started training with school friends and, one by one, they all dropped out. When we became teenagers, it seemed more exciting to go shopping at weekends. My mum told me not to worry about what my friends were doing and to stick at it.

When I got into the sport I was so fat that my manager said he should send me to boot camp to lose the weight!

I just don't lose weight easily.

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals.

My folks were very practical. They were also kind of able to think outside of the box. They were not going to let circumstance paralyze them. They knew sometimes you just had to take some new initiative. I think they passed that on to all of us... If you don't find a way, you make one.