Quotes about Perseverance

But - but the greatest way to witness is by walking that straight and narrow and also realizing that you're going to mess up. That's what grace is for. We're going to fall, but we've got to get back up. And you've got to improve. And that's what I'm all about.

The gods help them that help themselves.

Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in the mind.

They say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and I've learnt a great deal, but you can never predict the future, so the best thing is just to do whatever you're asked to do to the best of your ability.

You have to develop a very thick skin.

I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin.

The thing I always say to people is this: 'If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.'

They've all been through bad things. So bad things happen to people. They happen to all the great men of God.

Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

I have frequently noticed how circumstances conspire to help a man, or a boy, when he has thoroughly resolved on doing a thing.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.