The only way to the top is by persistent intelligent hard work.
Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a cour...
Whatever necessity lays upon thee endure whatever she commands do.
If something doesn't come up the way you want you have to forge ahead.
I'm not there yet but I'm closer than I was yesterday.
The way of progress is neither swift nor easy.
We rate ability in men by what they finish not by what they begin.
A winner never quits and a quitter never wins.
What cannot be altered must be borne not blamed.
Endure and preserve yourselves for better things.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you 'til it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer never give up then for that is just the place and time that the tide wi...
Character is built into the spiritual fabric of personality hour by hour day by day year by year in much the same deliberate way that physical health is built into the body.
If we are facing in the right direction all we have to do is keep on walking.
We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. ... What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself in the face of difficulties.
Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we get faint-hearted and quit praying at the point when we ought...
What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive I feel that anything can happen.
If I had refused to institute a negotiation or had not persevered in it I would have been degraded in my own estimation as a man of honor.
It is with enterprises as with striking fire we do not meet with success except with reiterated efforts and often at the instant when we despaired of success.
Continuous efforts-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential.
Life begins on the other side of despair.