Quotes about Perseverance

Phil Walden had complete faith in us, and I'll respect him forever for that. I think he sunk about $150,000 in us. He was close to bankruptcy a lot of the time, and Atlantic kept telling him we didn't have a chance.

People were saying John Elway should retire until he won the Super Bowl.

If we win the Super Bowl, they can't stop my family from getting on the field. We'll be all right. I've got about $80,000 in fine money that I'll be able to afford.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Every wall is a door.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.

Character is that which can do without success.

Do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.

though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.