How many years you have to keep on doing until you know what to do and how to do!
There was no such thing as defeat if you didn't accept it.
In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
He that has cut the claws of the lion will not feel quite secure until he has also drawn his teeth.
Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to succeed.
the difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Persistence is the master virtue. Without it there is no other.
Are these real diamonds?" I once asked, and she said, "Why have them if they're not?
No great thing is created suddenly.
Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we learn to walk.
The race is not always to the swift but to those who keep on running.
It is a matter first of beginning-and then following through.
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.
Life begins on the other side of despair.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Hard times ain't quit and we ain't quit.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment.