Quotes about Perseverance
Life involves struggle.
— John Maxwell
Shakespeare said, "He is not worthy of the honeycomb that shuns the hive because the bees have stings." Don't let your fear keep you from taking small steps in your development. You never know where they might lead.
— John Maxwell
If everyone doesn't pay the price to win, then everyone will pay the price by losing.
— John Maxwell
Most people tend to underestimate the time it takes to achieve something of value, but to be successful, you have to be willing to pay your dues. James Watt spent twenty years laboring to perfect his steam engine. William Harvey labored night and day for eight years to prove how blood circulated in the human body. And it took another twenty-five years for the medical profession to acknowledge he was right.
— John Maxwell
You have to experience a lot of failure to achieve success. And the more failure you go through, the higher your success.
— John Maxwell
Motivation helps people who know what commitment they should make,,, to make it! Motivation helps people who know what habit they should break... to break it! Motivation helps people who know what path they should take... to take it!
— John Maxwell
Self-discipline is a quality that is won through practice. Psychologist Joseph Mancusi noted, "Truly successful people have learned to do what does not come naturally. Real success lies in experiencing fear or aversion and acting in spite of it.
— John Maxwell
The world tries to talk us out of working hard.
— John Maxwell
The problem is that most of us have uphill dreams but downhill habits.
— John Maxwell
Moving uphill requires intentionality, energy, determination, hard work, and consistency.
— John Maxwell
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
I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline," said Vince Lombardi. "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour—this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear—is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle—victorious.
— John Maxwell