Persistence Quotes

"Recovery is taking all twelve steps…over and over and over and over…"

- Toni Sorenson

"Overnight success takes about fifteen years."

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"I don’t believe in overnight success. You can’t be successful all at once, unless you are a news flash on CNN or the Queen of England."

- Meg Cabot

"An overnight success is ten years in the making."

- Stephen King

"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times."

- Mark Twain

"It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day."

- Willie Mays

"Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day."

- Ray Lewis

"People think I’m an overnight success. No. It’s just that you all found me overnight."

- Leslie Jones

"Success is just a war of attrition. Sure, there’s an element of talent you should probably possess. But if you just stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen."

- Dax Shepard

"Money grows on the tree of persistence."

- Japanese Proverb

"Small amounts saved daily add up to huge investments in the end."

- Margo Vader

"You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win."

- Ted Turner

"Find the confidence in whatever way you can to just keep moving onto the next page. The only way you will finish projects and get better is to keep moving forward."

- Charles Forsman

"It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day —that’s the hard part. But it does get easier."

- Bojack Horseman

"Golf is a game of patience, persistence, and precision."

- Justin Rose

"Patience is a virtue."

"Watching you become the amazing mother you are today fills our hearts with pride. Happy Mother’s Day!"

"Nursing school. One syllabus at a time. One class at a time. One exam at a time. One clinical at a time. Keep going…"

- Unknown

"Never quit on a bad day ... like wait for a good day and see if you still feel the same."

"Recovery takes time. But now that you are in recovery, you have plenty of time to make it work."

"There is no time limit to recovery. Every day is another day that you are can proclaim a success."

"Don’t allow past failures to define you as a person. We all fail sometimes, but it is how we try again and again that makes us victorious."

"Recovery doesn’t just end one day. It is a commitment that you must accept daily. However, every day gets a little bit easier on the road to recovery."

"Not all battles are won the very first time they are fought. Stay strong and prepare for the days that are harder while embracing the easier days."

"Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying until they succeed!"

- Anonymous

"To my little brother - knowing I helped shape someone as awesome as you will always make me proud!"

- Unknown

"“I don’t think there’s anything my brother can’t do, and that’s what makes me his proud sister.”"

"Cowboys don’t quit when things get hard; they dig in their heels."

"It’s ok to fall off the wagon, but you don’t have to roll around in the dirt. Consistency is better than perfection, so if you have an overly indulgent day, it doesn’t mean you have to throw the whole week, month, etc out the window. Get back up and try again."

"It takes 4 weeks for you to see changes, 8 weeks for your family and friends, and 12 for the whole world to see."