Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.
Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.
Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.
Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.
Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.
The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
It ain't over till it's over.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
Successful people don’t have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.