1,034 Quotes About Persistence

Go back?" he though. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do!" So up he got, and trotted along [...]

When beset with doubt in troubled times, and those about you will understand if you come unglued, stay the ground, and face the challenge. For when you stand alone to confront life's highest mountains, the next shall be easier to climb.

And it irritated me beyond all measure that a thought so enormous and ludicrous should return when my logic had dismissed it.

Losing is only permanent if you stop trying.

It is that magical, frightening moment, that we need to pinpoint. Recognize it and then move past it. That moment, when everything inside, when everyone around you, says to quit, to give up, you can’t do this, that’s the moment you must stand up, you must dig deep within yourself, and make it happen.

persistence beats stupidity

Our motto must be, "Non-Resistant Persistence.

Whatever menaced, harassed, warned, I passed impetuous by. Still bright on clouds of suffering dim Shines that soft, solemn joy.

Even though cultural changes cannot be measured on a day-to-day basis, changes that accrue over decades must be pursued daily.