perseverance Quotes

We really ought to give ourselves a collective pat on the back for doing as well as we have in a universe of constant media change and mutation.

I'm not patient - and I'm getting more impatient as I get older - but I am disciplined about writing, and I want that on my tombstone: 'He wasn't patient, but he was disciplined.'

People say if you're doing an art project, that's different from a book, but I honestly don't see it. I try and try, and I just don't.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.