Quotes about Persistence

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

Hard work, says the Scottish proverb, never killed a man.

My brother Francis wrote a letter in Greek to the headmasters of private schools, selling cooking stoves. When some wrote back that they could not read Greek, he sent them another letter — in Latin. This produced orders.

Work and pray rather instead of watching and wishing.

Never a day without a line.

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

errare humanum est, sed perseverare diabolicum: 'to err is human, but to persist (in the mistake) is diabolical.

There are five important things for living a successful and fulfilling life: never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying, and never stop learning.

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

Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.

Yet some there be that by due steps aspire to lay their just hands on that golden key that opens the palace of Eternity. To such my errand is.