Quotes about Endurance

Tenacious people don't rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.

his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

Resolve is what makes a man manifest. Not puny resolve; not crude determinations; not errant purposes — but that strong and indefatigable will which treads down difficulties and danger, as a boy treads down the heaving frost-lands of winter, which kindles his eye and brain with proud pulse beat toward the unattainable. WILL MAKES MEN GIANTS!

keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

This idea of starting at the bottom and working one's way up may appear to be sound, but the major objection to it is this— too many of those who begin at the bottom never manage to lift their heads high enough to be seen by opportunity, so they remain at the bottom. It should be remembered, also, that the outlook from the bottom is not so very bright or encouraging.

Success doesn't happen overnight. It takes soul-searching, hard work, and many years to achieve it.

There is no substitute for persistence!

It is my duty, and a privilege to say I believe, and not without reason, that nothing is impossible to the person who backs DESIRE with enduring

When the going is hardest, just keep on keeping on, and you'll get there sooner than someone who finds the going easy.

Without persistence, you will be defeated even before you start. With persistence you will win.

No man is ever whipped, until he quits— in his own mind.

No man is ever whipped, until he QUITS