#perseverance

A career must be husbanded. Care must be taken. Everyday must bring some small bit of progress. How would an artist with any self-worth act? Act that way. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#profession #art

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent. ↗

— Steve Martin

#celebrity-memoir #creativity #creativity-and-attitude #memoir #perseverance

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

— Ovid

#change #inspirational #perseverance #change

No matter how much it hurts now, someday you will look back and realize your struggles changed your life for the better. ↗

— POB Bismark

#perseverance #startups #struggle #change

Leaders respond & change; the rest quit and blame. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#leadership #perseverance #change

Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#failure #marilyn-monroe #perseverance #courage

Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#moving-forward #perseverance #courage

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#dragon #endurance #hobbit #inspiration #perseverance

Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#enjoy-life #hope #perseverance #courage

... that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both. ↗

— José Saramago

#perseverance #courage