Quotes about Persistence

How does one become butterfly?' Pooh asked pensively. 'You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar,' Piglet replied. 'You mean to die?' asked Pooh. 'Yes and now,' he answered. 'What looks like you will die, but what's really you will live on.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

If there is one thing you can count on in your life, it's that your path will not always be easy.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those - in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed.

And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay.

Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That's just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it... that's excellence.

We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences.

Persevering is a fight. That's what a fight is. You face something, you persevere through it, you meet it head on.

But I say his reign of terror stops here. Stops now. He might keep coming, but he won't have victory anymore. Because it all starts failing when we start praying.

Call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. (Jer. 29:12—13)