Quotes about Perseverance

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

There can be glory in failure and despair in success.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first six of them sharpening my axe.

The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside me.

If my father's son can become President of these United States, then your father's son can become anything he wishes.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away. it's best to let him run.

Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.

The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of the way, but I recovered and said to myself, It's a slip and not a fall.

Don't give up. Come on. Just keep on trying. Don't frown. Smile! You can do it. If you just try a little harder. I've got a feeling this whole thing might just work out okay. You'll see. Don't give up. Tomorrow is a brand new day. Now I want to see all of you get up on your feet and look like you're enjoying yourselves. Come on, let's see some of that famous 'Pennsylvania optimism' I've heard so much about...

Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.