Quotes about Tenacity

It's always too early to quit.

Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more.

Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible.

He's that same kind of good like you are. Like there's some metal or something in you that won't melt down, no matter what.

William Faulkner was once asked how he went about writing a book. His answer: "It's like building a chicken coop in a high wind. You grab any board or shingle flying by or loose on the ground and nail it down fast." Like becoming a pastor.

Perseverance does not mean "perfection." It means that we keep going. We do not quit when we find that we are not yet mature and there is a long journey still before us.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.

When we would say, 'No way,' he would say, 'My way.

That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you many times, 'Cant do is like Dont Care.' Neither of them have a home.

Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. . . . Remain spiritually tenacious Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

Once we commit to action, the worst thing we can do is to stop.