Quotes about perseverance
perseverance ordinary capacity
I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency. Maria Mitchell
perseverance pain endure
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by. Ovid
perseverance feet persevere
Persevere even though Hell and destruction should yawn beneath your feet. Percy Bysshe Shelley
perseverance children effort
Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task. Emily Post
perseverance dad my-dad
My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right. Elaine Paige
perseverance moving turtles
Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out. Lou Gerstner
perseverance freedom character
The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education. John F. Kennedy
perseverance lying fire-burning
I've had a million setbacks along the way--from kiln fires burning down buildings to shipping disasters--that should have put me out of business, or at least left me lying in the fetal position on my bed for a few days. Luckily, though, I've never for one second thought that I had any other option than to just keep going. Jonathan Adler
perseverance hunting fishing
The two biggest things that translate from a pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or out on the water as well. Jon Lester
perseverance window passing
Keep passing the open windows. John Irving
perseverance player night
I think there are very few invisible musical instrument players out there who can claim the chops and sheer perseverance of Björn Türoque, the world's perennial second-place air guitar champion. Whoever this Dan Crane might be, he's captured the mad, seductive spirit of the arbitrary skill contest perfectly, and rocks it hard into the hot Finnish night. There is no number of umlauts that do this Jekyll and Hyde of air-rocking justice. John Hodgman
perseverance taken humble
There are wounds of the spirit which never close and are intended in God's mercy to bring us nearer to Him, and to prevent us leaving Him by their very perpetuity. Such wounds then may almost be taken as a pledge, or at least as a ground for a humble trust, that God will give us the great gift of perseverance to the end. This is how I comfort myself in my own great bereavements. John Henry Newman
perseverance commitment hard-work
Long shots do come in and hard work, dedication and perseverance will overcome almost any prejudice and open almost any door. John H. Johnson
perseverance solitude gains
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance. John Ortberg
perseverance powerful disappointment
To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting and simplicity are such powerful tools for transformation. The experience of frustration and disappointment is irreplaceable in the development of a grateful heart.
perseverance giving silence
So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought, Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success. John Milton
perseverance heart reflection
With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live as slaves. John Dickinson
perseverance prayer results
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result. John Calvin
perseverance prayer heart
Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.
perseverance giving-up moving
No one can travel so far that he does not make some progess each day. So let us never give up. Then we shall move forward daily in the Lord's way. And let us never despair because of our limited success. Even though it is so much less than we would like, our labour is not wasted when today is better than yesterday!
perseverance persistence endeavor
In every human endeavor, persistence is everything. Joan Rivers
perseverance done persevere
Persevere and get it done. George Allen
perseverance numbers trying
Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.
perseverance determination persistence
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.
perseverance determination persistence
Quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to....
perseverance cutting goes-on
When it goes wrong, you feel like cutting your throat, but you go on. You don't let anything get you down so much that it beats you or stops you. George Cukor
perseverance disappointment opportunity
How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would frequently lead to the accomplishment of most important usefulness. Good is done by degrees. However small in proportion the benefit which follows individual attempts to do good, a great deal may thus be accomplished by perseverance, even in the midst of discouragements and disappointments. George Crabbe
perseverance ambition passion
Fortunes are made, if I the facts may state-- Though poor myself, I know the fortunate: First, there's a knowledge of the way from whence Good fortune comes--and this is sterling sense: Then perseverance, never to decline The chase of riches till the prey is thine; And firmness never to be drawn away By any passion from that noble prey-- By love, ambition, study, travel, fame, Or the vain hope that lives upon a name.
perseverance persistence persevere
Persevere in virtue and diligence. Livy
perseverance lines madness
There is a fine line between perseverance and madness. Lynda Obst
perseverance dad hard-work
From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance. Luke Bryan
perseverance motivation fear
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. Louis D. Brandeis
perseverance commitment self
In commitment, we dash the hopes of a thousand potential selves. Lord Byron