Quotes about Perseverance
Don't let your failures define you.
— Barack Obama
Whatever you do won't be enough, I heard their voices say. Try anyway.
— Barack Obama
Beneath the layers of hurt, beneath the ragged laughter, I heard a willingness to endure. Endure—and make music that wasn't there before.
— Barack Obama
O, fly and never tire, Fly and never tire, Fly and never tire, There's a great camp-meeting in the Promised Land. —FROM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL
— Barack Obama
Let us keep that promise — that American promise — and in the words of Scripture -- hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
— Barack Obama
As she spoke, her voice never wavered; it was the voice of someone who has forced a larger meaning out of tragedy. Or
— Barack Obama
The road we have taken to this point has not been easy. But then again the road to change never is.
— Barack Obama
The audacity of hope! I still remember my grandmother, singing in the house, 'There's a bright side somewhere ââ'¬Ã‚¦ don't rest till you find it ââ'¬Ã‚¦.'" "That's right!" "The audacity of hope!
— Barack Obama
The trick is not caring that it hurts.
— Barack Obama
But know this America: we will meet them
— Barack Obama
Sometimes you were just screwed, and the best you could do was have a stiff drink—and light up a cigarette.
— Barack Obama
Thanks for sticking with this," Axe said, his voice choked up. I put my arm around him, feeling my own emotions swell. "This is why we do the work," I said. "This. Right here.
— Barack Obama