Quotes about Persistence
Excellence/Perfection is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.
— Brian Tracy
Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
— Brigham Young
We must, nevertheless, always work at it, because not to advance in the spiritual life is to go back.
— Brother Lawrence
The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.
— Bruce Lee
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward you goal.
— Bruce Lee
There she blows!—there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!
— Herman Melville
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
— Herman Melville
eats the whale by its own light, does
— Herman Melville
Why, thou monkey, we've been cruising now hard upon three years and thou hast not raised a whale yet. Whales are scarce as hen's teeth when thou art up there.
— Herman Melville
But Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
— Herman Melville
Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat.
— Herman Melville
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt