Quotes on “perseverance”

Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.

If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.

When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'.

Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.

The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.

Don't change your mind just because people are offended; change your mind if you're wrong.

What is grander than a country and more valuable than gold? Strength of heart.

A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmareto the jeweled vision of a life started anew.