Persistence Quotes

"A river cuts through a rock, not because of its power but because of its persistence."

- Jim Watkins

"If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow."

- Emile Zola

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

"Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away."

- Elvis Presley

"There is no finish line. There is only the next run."

- Nike slogan

"Sometimes things go wrong, that’s normal, but we have a saying in Tibetan, ‘Nine times fail, nine times try again.”"

- Dalai Lama

"A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, or because everything she does is golden. A writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway."

- Junot Diaz

"I truly believe you can do anything you want to do if you’re prepared to work for it. It will happen easier for others, but so long as you persevere and don’t get bogged down by comparisons, you will absolutely will succeed."

- A. S, Thornton

"Unless you’re Steven King or J.K. Rowling, rejection goes with the territory, and I’m always confident the next publisher will accept my manuscript. Or maybe the next. Or . . ."

- Mark Reutlinger

"Everything is hard before it’s easy."

- Marie Forleo

"Winning is not a sometime thing. It’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while. You don’t do things right once in a while. You do them right all the time."

- Vince Lombardi

"Failure is inevitable. But giving up is unforgivable."

- Abraham Lincoln

"I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work."

- Thomas Edison

"It’s not about being perfect. It’s about effort. Sometimes the best effort results in failure, but so what? Try. Learn. Grow. Repeat."

- Reshma Saujani

"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."

- Vince Lombardi

"The most valuable practice aid is patience."

- Howard Snell

"Practicing is the process of taking a task that seems difficult and doing it repeatedly, over days and weeks until you are able to do it well and easily."

- Ron Ottley

"If a hard bit is giving you a hard time, you should give it a hard time."

- Phillip Johnston

"My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward."

- Richard Branson

"Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound."

- Simon Sinek

"The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud."

- Bob Uecker

"You can take control of my mind and my body, but there is one thing a Saiyan always keep… his PRIDE!"

- Vegeta

"The waterfall never stops flowing, neither should you."

"Keep pushing forward, even when the waters get rough."

"A waterfall’s path is never straight, but it always gets there."

"Waterfalls teach us: always move forward, even when it seems impossible."

"You don't have to be so tough that it doesn't hurt - you just have to be tough enough not to quit."

"Just because it isn't happening at this moment, doesn't mean it never will."

"Happy birthday to my smart, kind, and beautiful daughter. You make us proud every day."

"Witnessing you grow into a responsible young woman is all I could’ve asked for. Happy birthday!"