Persistence Quotes - Page 9

Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved was the result of persistent trials and experiments often performed at random but always attesting extraordinary vigor and resource. Starting from a few known elements, he would make their combinations and permutations, tabulate them and run through the whole list, completing test after test with incredible rapidity until he obtained a clue. His mind was dominated by one idea, to leave no stone unturned, to exhaust every possibility.

Your voice is strongest when you remain firm, when you are not moved by your circumstance. For we must not permit others to define who we are or what we stand for.

The devil's happy when the critics run you off.

When a storm comes, bamboo bends. It doesn't break.

Fame and fortune await the few with the faith to fall forward despite frustrating failures.

Fear deprive us of what we can possess.

The rewrites are a struggle right now. Sometimes I wish writing a book could just be easy for me at last. But when I think about it practically, I am glad it's a struggle. I am (as usual) attempting to write a book that's too hard for me. I'm telling a story I'm not smart enough to tell. The risk of failure is huge. But I prefer it this way. I'm forced to learn, forced to smarten myself up, forced to wrestle. And if it works, then I'll have written something that is better than I am.

Temporary setbacks are overshadowed by persistence.

You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

The distance between your Dreams and Reality is inversely proportional to your Efforts.

Don’t quit when you encounter an obstacle. Adapt a new strategy to conquer it.

A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

When it comes to the core of who we are, it takes incredible effort to shift more than one standard deviation from the mean of your life.

The will to dare, the will to act.

Our government, media houses, schools, must focus on creating a new culture in our society. A culture of work. A culture of labour. A culture of diligence. A culture of hard work. A culture of perseverance. A culture of persistence. A culture of DIGNITY OF LABOUR.

Persistence Pays...Period.

The best way out is always through.

When our challenge persists, returning in different forms, it may be a sign for us to accepted it as a valuable lesson.

Confront your fears. Find their root. Educate yourself. Reach out for help. Defeat your fears or they will defeat you. Never give up.

There are tomorrows on their way worth the struggles of today. Never give up.

Perfume is the scent that pours out of a flower's soul when crushed.

Chase your dreams even with the last breath.

Fight ever on: this earthly stuff If used God’s way will be enough. Face to the firing line o friendFight out life’s battle to the end. One soldier, when the fight was red,Threw down his broken sword and fled.Another snatched it, won the day, With what his comrade flung away.

We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.

Arise and pursue your dreams.

If the knock once and door remain lock, do not turn away. With persistent knocks, the door will be open.

My ship had lost crew mates before, yet I sailed on.

What happens to us are tiny matters compared to us response to any situation.

When I have fully executed this phase of my life, then I can begin a new chapter.

Be persistent like a mosquito, at the end you will get your bite

Keep GoingYour hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.

It's only "single steps" that make a journey of 1000 miles. It means the combined effect of many steps is the equivalence of a great journey. Go, take many little steps.

With persistent focus, commitment and enthusiasm, your dream will be reality.

We ought to be patient at all times.

The spirit of hope, inner strength, enthusiasm and persistent determination are the pillars for any success.

May you the willpower and chase your God-given dreams.

A negative outlook is dangerous. When you say, “It can’t get any worse!” You're essentially challenging the universe to do exactly that.

A certain readiness to perish is not so very rare, but it is seldom that you meet men whose souls, steeled in the impenetrable armour of resolution, are ready to fight a losing battle to the last, the desire of peace waxes stronger as hope declines, till at last it conquers the very desire of life. Which of us here has not observed this, or maybe experienced something of that feeling in his own person - this extreme weariness of emotions, the vanity of effort, the yearning for rest?

I stretched out on the bed and slept. It was twilight when I awakened and turned on the light. I felt better, no longer tired. I went to the typewriter and sat before it. My thought was to write a sentence, a single perfect sentence. If I could write one good sentence I could write two and if I could write two I could write three, and if I could write three I could write forever. But suppose I failed? Suppose I had lost all of my beautiful talent? Suppose it had burned up in the fire of Biff Newhouse smashing my nose or Helen Brownell dead forever? What would happen to me? Would I go to Abe Marx and become a busboy again? I had seventeen dollars in my wallet. Seventeen dollars and the fear of writing. I sat erect before the typewriter and blew on my fingers. Please God, please Knut Hamsun, don’t desert me now. I started to write and I wrote:“The time has come,” the Walrus said,“To talk of many things:Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax—Of cabbages—and kings—”I looked at it and wet my lips. It wasn’t mine, but what the hell, a man had to start someplace.

Inspiration shouldn't respond to time, rather the other way around. Time must be altered to inspiration, "Timing is wrong" NO! Timing is never wrong. Sacrifice and the likes gets thrown in at this point.

Failures are part of life lessons.Keep trying no matter how many times you fail. You will one day succeed.

Nothing in life is stronger than perseverance; time only promotes it, failure is afraid of it, negative people hide from it, and disease is affected by it. Even rocks give way to perseverance: because if water perseveres its impacts on the surface of a rock long enough, the rock starts to wither.

REJECTION is kind of your negative ILLUSION which has no value but it’s give you a CLUE to go for next level of your ACTION.

Thorns do not keep a rose from blooming, neither should obstacles keep you from success.

We are all given equal opportunity to learn new things. We just have to be determined and persistent.

I stood in my garden as the rain poured down, eyes closed, and when I opened them I thought to myself how I'd never seen anything more beautiful. Green flashed before my eyes; trees, leaves and grass, glittering with raindrops, the tears of angels weeping with sadness and joy; green, the colour of love, to remind me why I'm here.

When you commit to doing something every day it is hard. It seems impossible and you want to quit but if you just hang in there you will see it gets easier. Every day you get a little stronger. Every day you try a little harder. There will be times when you want to quit. Your mind will tell you to stop. You need to persist. You need to continue trying every single day. And one day you will notice how easy it has become to do something that seemed so hard in the beginning.

If the fire in your heart is strong enough, it will burn away any obstacles that come your way.

I remember what I must do, even if it makes me the villain of my own story

The only way to succeed in life is to never give up. Oftentimes, it requires standing alone.

Inspiration does not linger in one place over time, therefore human effort shouldn't be scaled on earlier attempt.

You need to be able to think Independently.

Be consistent with what you believe and do. Persist and insist that you will do it till it's done and done well.

Imagination, persistence, perseverance, and trust transform dreams into reality.

People stagger, but they pick up a tattered thread and wind it back onto a spool.

You may face many disappointments. But don’t lose hope.

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

There is an easy way to silence your critics; just try to do what they say you can't do. If they are still not content, do more of it! Keep doing it until you become a master. Then look around, and you will see fewer critics and many compliments!

May you find new opportunities in every encounter.