Quotes about Perseverance

A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.

Never resist temptation: prove all things: hold fast that which is good.

Don't worry if your "you" is small and your rewards are few: Remember that the mighty oak was once a nut like you.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

I feel like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. To the man who asked how he liked it he said: 'If it wasn't for the honour of the thing, I'd rather walk.'

Within the first few months I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.

I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.

One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say, What is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time; we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment.

One step and then another, and the longest walk is ended. One stitch and then another, and the longest rent is mended. One brick upon another, and the tallest wall is made. One flake and then another, and the deepest snow is laid.

Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that; one stitch at a time taken patiently, and the pattern will come out all right, like embroidery.

There are no crown-bearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.

The Saints are the Sinners who keep on trying.