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Don't be a stone; be the river that wears it down with constant movement.
Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but sustained effort ensures its completion.
A journey of a thousand miles begins not just with a single step, but with the resolve to take the next.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but it is consistency that carries you through.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but it is perseverance that ensures the journey's end.
The path to progress is rarely paved with ease, but with perseverance, even the steepest climb is surmountable.
Patience and perseverance accomplish more than force or fury.
Patience and perseverance are more powerful than passion; a steady hand builds empires where a fiery heart burns out.
Patience and perseverance accomplish more than force and haste.
The wheels of justice may grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine.
A quiet stream carves deeper valleys than a raging river that foams but briefly.
The swift runner may stumble, while the slow and steady reach the finish.
It is not that I'm so smart, but that I stay with problems longer.
The secret to endurance is the slow, steady climb, not the fleeting sprint.
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.
Even the most formidable walls crumble before persistent effort.
Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.
When a door closes you have two choices: give up, or keep going
A good song reminds us what we're fighting for.
Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.
The most difficult journeys often take us where we were meant to go...
Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that
Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other.
There is only one way to see things, until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes
He who is conceived in a cage, yearns for the cage.
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
It is an error to divide people into the living and the dead: there are people who are dead-alive, and people who are alive-alive. The dead-alive also write, walk, speak, act. But they make no mistakes; only machines make no mistakes, and they produce only dead things. The alive-alive are constantly in error, in search, in questions, in torment.
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.
There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged - keep on - there are divine things, well envelop'd; I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.
You do not know what you can achieve until you try.
A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
Practice is absolutely necessary. You may sit down and listen to me by the hour every day, but if you do not practice, you will not get one step further. It all depends on practice.
A path is made by walking on it.
We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.