As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.
If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive tendency to overtip. An uxoriousness that their wives deservedly inspired. More than that, they both lived their lives 'beautifully'--not in any Jamesian sense (where, besides, ferocious solvency would have been a prerequisite), but in the droll fortitude of their perseverance. They got the work done, with style.
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
Keep passing the open windows.
Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.
Perseverance means to continue in a given course until we have reached a goal or objective, regardless of obstacles, opposition, and other counterinfluences...Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic...It gives us hope by helping us realize that the righteous suffer no failure except in giving up and no longer trying.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.
When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
You cannot fake effort; talent is great, but perseverance is necessary.
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