Quotes about Perseverance

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us.

The riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voice of friends and to say to one's self: "The work is done."

We must act in spite of fear ... not because of it.

Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can testify: but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself.

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.

Your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

Human Salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.

Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee, All things are passing, God changeth never.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.