2,087 Quotes About Perseverance

Awakening others is an impossible endeavor until I myself am awakened.

We ended up our talk by my asking Dennis his feelings now about the Marines. Any regrets for all those wounds? Or about having been sent to and having to fight an unpopular war?"No. The Marine Corps meant a tremendous amount to me. And even today I gain momentum from it. The Corps is one of the prime reasons Marines are so successful in whatever we do - because we refuse to quit.

The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me.

It is absolutely essential to hang in there—especially when you feel most discouraged.

All the answers i seek lie within me, but inner quietude is mandatory before those become loud and clear.

[For the genuine believer] There are moments in life when God's pursuit of us seems like that of a persistent mosquito, constantly buzzing around our heads and causing us pain, and we are utterly powerless to shake him off.

We may run into many downfalls in life, but with a mighty God on our side those downfalls have already been defeated.

If one flower has to grow out of all the weeds, let that flower be YOU.

You see, I have come to believe in self-help, individual initiative, the love of what you do, and the full development of all individuals. I am constantly disappointed by how little we expect of ourselves and of the world.