Quotes about Perseverance

The Future… something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.

Faith... is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amout of hard work that is put into it.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done.

IT is a very old saying that you never can tell what you can do until you try. The more I see of life the more I am convinced of the wisdom of that observation.