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Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.
Sep 24, 2025
Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits
The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.
Saints are sinners who kept on going.
Try and fail,but don't fail to try.
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!
How long should you try? Until.
If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances.
You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.
What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Give light, and people will find the way...
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
"Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.