#persistence

O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly! ↗

— Kobayashi Issa

#haiku #persistence #struggle #buddhism

Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression. ↗

— Criss Jami

#consistency #contentment #determination #discontentment #finite

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#enterprise #hard-work #inspirational #perseverance #persistence

One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#mistakes #persistence #inspirational

Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well doing! ↗

— John Wesley

#inspiration #persistence #inspirational

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. ↗

— Herbert Kaufman

#coaches #courage #failure #habit #long

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#education

Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end. ↗

— Robin S. Sharma

#perseverance #persistence #business

Really, there was only one sensible thing to do. Stay the course. Pray it through, day by day, minute by minute. The Lord had an answer and it would surely come. (p. 203) ↗

— Janice Hanna

#enduring #faith #persistence #prayer #faith

A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself. ↗

— Georges Clemenceau

#interesting #persistence #power #try #life