1,034 Quotes About Persistence

Persistence is what keeps you hanging on when hanging on gets tough.

As you run towards your desired destination, if you turn to look behind and see no one running with you, keep running: because it's evident that you have no competition and therefore, you are destined to get to that destination.

If you are unhappy about something change it.Choose what you want in life, create your plan to get it, put your plan into action and follow through with persistence.

Take one more step because it might be the last one needed.

Persistence is victory. Just . . . keep . . . going. It doesn’t matter if things aren’t going the way you thought they would or if you’re facing a disappointment. The only defeat is in quitting. If you keep going, you’re winning.

The people you need to make your goals and visions happen aren’t just going to call you or walk up to you and hand you an opportunity. You have to go to them. And you must have a plan for how you will approach them.

My father told me never to take my foot off a ladder to kick at someone who was kicking at me. When I did that, I would no longer be climbing. While they are kicking, my father told me, I should keep stepping. They can kick only one time. If I continued to climb, they would be left behind. In trying to hurt me, to impede my progress, they would get left behind because they allowed themselves to get sidetracked from their agenda.

We ain't giving up," I said. "We done gone this far.

For while it is of no particular importance how many things you start in life, it is of great importance how many you finish!