Quotes about Perseverance

We too must work. Nothing happens in this world until there is work. You never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. You have to put your hands to the handles of the plow and walk forward. It is easier now, but the principle is the same. There must be work, and what a great and wonderful blessing that is.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened;

So you will be...  What you 'will' to be

he who delights in work will not long remain unemployed.

he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting-point for future power and triumph.

Victories attained by right thought can only be maintained by watchfulness. Many give way when success is assured, and rapidly fall back into failure.

The human will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene.

you will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your Vision, your Ideal.

The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.

Turn the disadvantage to account by utilizing it for the gaining of mental and spiritual strength, and