Perseverance Quotes - Page 3

There is no substitute for hard work.

The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it. . .

Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.

Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.

Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing

The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time, perseverance, self-control and patience.

If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow?

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

We(Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice!

When we undertake a task, we should not falter from first to last until the task is accomplished; if we fail, we should not begrudge our lives as a sacrifice-this is what we mean by loyalty. The ancient teaching of loyalty meant sometimes death.

As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

At a given moment a child becomes interested in a piece of work, showing it by the expression of his face, by his intense attention, by his perseverance in the same exercise. That child has set foot upon the road leading to discipline.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying.