Are these real diamonds?" I once asked, and she said, "Why have them if they're not?
Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we learn to walk.
Giving up is the ultimate tragedy.
First there are those who are winners and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners but don't know it. They're the ones for...
The race is not always to the swift but to those who keep on running.
The way to succeed is never quit. That's it. But really be humble about it.... You start out lowly and humble and you carefully try to learn an accretion of little things that help you get there.
They who are the most persistent and work in the true spirit will invariably be the most successful.
the difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't
Like ships men flounder time and time again.
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
This man Wellington is so stupid he does not know when he is beaten and goes on fighting.
One can go a long way after one is tired.
I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.
I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up you would outlast the people who came in on...
The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow.
In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. ... In the real world, all rests on perseverance.
God helps those who persevere.
All the sugar was in the bottom of the cup.
Grant me the courage not to give up even though I think it is hopeless.
Where I am today has everything to do with the years I spent hanging on to a career by my fingernails.