Famous Quotes & Sayings

C. S. Lewis

God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.

Calvin Coolidge

The world is full of educated derelicts.

Calvin Coolidge

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

Edmund Burke

The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.

Elijah Wood

I guess I'm not jaded because I still believe that there are good films out there, and there are great directors, and there are great writers. It just takes a little bit more perseverance and a little bit more time to find [them].

Edward Norton

As we say in the sewer, if you're not prepared to go all the way, don't put your boots on in the first place.

Ann Voskamp

If I had the perspective of the whole, perhaps I'd see it? That which seems evil, is it a cloud to bring rain, to bring a greater good to the whole of the world? Who would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perseverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?

Albert Camus

Morality, when formal, devours.

Clay Aiken

Perseverance. I got cut twice. I got cut in Charlotte. I didn't have to go to Atlanta to audition. I could have said, "I'm not cut out for this." But I said, "I think I'm better than that, I can go try again." So I went to Atlanta and I made it through. Then I got cut the first time around. I could have told them I didn't want to come back for the Wild Card show but I did and look how far I got.

Dale Carnegie

If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Dale Carnegie

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.

Cory Monteith

It's all about perseverance. Absolute perseverance. You can always get back up.

Andre Gide

The finest virtues can become deformed with age. The precise mind becomes finicky; the thrifty man, miserly; the cautious man, timorous; the man of imagination, fanciful. Even perseverance ends up in a sort of stupidity. Just as, on the other hand, being too willing to understand too many opinions, too diverse ways of seeing, constancy is lost and the mind goes astray in a restless fickleness.

Christopher Reeve

You can do anything you think you can.

Andrew Carnegie

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

Amy Bloom

I met Jay Jonhson. I won him the way poor people occasionally win the lottery: Shameless perseverance and embarrassingly dumb luck, and every time I see one of those sly, toothless, beaten-down souls on TV holding a winning ticket, I think, Go, team.

Amy Bloom

You cannot fake effort; talent is great, but perseverance is necessary.

Ameen Rihani

The will is the spirit of perseverance, and perseverance holds clear success.

Ameen Rihani

I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.

Andy Kindler

BJ Novak gets the Perseverance Award for graduating from Harvard and being unemployed for the entire plane ride to Los Angeles.

Aesop

Plodding wins the race.

Alex Haley

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

Albert Schweitzer

I still remain convinced that truth, love, peaceableness, meekness, and kindness are the violence which can master all other violence. The world will be theirs as soon as ever a sufficient number of people with purity of heart, with strength, and with perseverance think and live out the thoughts of love and truth, of meekness and peaceableness.

Douglas MacArthur

Americans never quit.

Donald Trump

Life is difficult no matter what, but hard work and perseverance make it a lot easier.

David O. McKay

As long as the day lasts, let's give it all we got.

David Ogilvy

Any damn fool can put on a deal, but it takes genius, faith and perseverance to create a brand.

Danica McKellar

Most of the time I liked school and got good grades. In junior high, though, I hit a stumbling block with math - I used to come home and cry because of how frustrated I was! But after a few good teachers and a lot of perseverance, I ended up loving math and even choosing it as a major when I got to college.

Cliff Sloan

When business is not all that it should be there is a temptation to sit back and say, Well, what's the use! We've done everything possible to stir up a little business and there is nothing doing so what's the use of trying! There is always a way. There was a way in and there is a way out. And success comes to the man who grits his teeth, squares his jaw, and says, There is a way for me and, by jingo, I'll find it. The stagnator gathers green scum, finally dries up and leaves an unsightly hollow.

David Levithan

I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way.

David Blaine

Whether you're shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation , followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance.

Debbi Fields

And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late – not now, not ever – for you to pursue your passion, your pursuit of perfection. And most importantly, your perseverance for making it happen.

Dean Martin

Milton Berle is an inspiration to every young person that wants to get into show business. Hard work, perseverance, and discipline: all the things you need...when you have no talent.