Persistence Quotes

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

Because of their courage and persistence for many years, we can, today, even set the dates when all humanity will join together to celebrate one of the outstanding human victories of our century.

I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.

If you can't fly, run; if you can't run, walk; if you can't walk, crawl; but by all means keep moving.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

We have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.

I've got a tiny little bit, which I got after about six months of I've got a tiny little bit, which I got after about six months of negotiation..

People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to rock it - because obviously, God wants you here.

Just cause you live in the ghetto doesn't mean you can't grow.

It just took the right time. I was fully confident that I was going to see Sam Phillips and to record for him that when I called him, I thought, I'm going to get on Sun Records. So I called him and he turned me down flat. Then two weeks later, I got turned down again. He told me over the phone that he couldn't sell gospel music so - as it was independent, not a lot of money.

Stay alive, stay active, and get as much practice as you can.

Grain by grain, a loaf. Stone upon stone, a palace.

I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.

The things I've done in my life have required a lot of years of work before they took off.

Overnight success stories take a long time.