#persist

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#easy #elite #hard #learn #means

The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation. ↗

— Adam Smith

#after #changes #detail #doing #facts

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings. ↗

— Dorothy Thompson

#causes #except #fear #find #happenings

You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#writing #success

Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#dedication #determination #drive #endurance #life

As long as you like me the best. And you think I’m good-looking—sort of. I’m prepared to be annoyingly persistent. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#sweet-talk #persistence

Brazen it out! Throw away the scabbard! Grit your teeth, buckle down, and die with your boots on! Or in other words......be determined and resolved until you accomplish the thing you set out to accomplish. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#determination #eena #endurance #patience #persistance

With the persistent loud voice, fool asks us to respect serenity. ↗

— Toba Beta

#loud-voice #persistent #respect #serenity #respect

Holding on, holding out and holding fast when the going is tough constitutes a winning mindset. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#motivational #persistence #inspirational

O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly! ↗

— Kobayashi Issa

#haiku #persistence #struggle #buddhism