#perseverance

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal."

"Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes."

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."

"In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently."

"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people."

"If everyone could be a successful and rich author, there would be no point in working so hard. Where is the fun in that?"

"Well and good if all things change, O Lord God, provided I am rooted in You."

"Christians walk as strangers in the world: They are untamed. They are free. To persevere with love, yet untamed by man, is often what leaves that open space for divine revelation when God so wills."

"Some lean back. But those who lean forward are poised to cross the finish-line, first!"

"As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial."

"When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge."

"Discover a purpose that gives you passion. Develop a plan that makes you persistent. Design a preparation and motivates you to optimize your potentials. Do it because you love it!"

"Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him?"

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

"You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more."("The Castle")"

"The devil's happy when the critics run you off."

"First, I thought, almost despairing,This must crush my spirit now;Yet I bore it, and am bearing-Only do not ask me how."

"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence."

"It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up."