#persist

As long as there’s breath in You - PERSIST! ↗

— Bernard Kelvin Clive

#persistence #inspirational

Rain puts a hole in stone because of its constancy, not its force. Just keep knocking on doors until the right one opens ↗

— H. Joseph Gerber

#persistence #inspirational

Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression. ↗

— Criss Jami

#consistency #contentment #determination #discontentment #finite

Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well doing! ↗

— John Wesley

#inspiration #persistence #inspirational

Persistence wears down resistance. ↗

— William J Federer

#logic #logical-thinking #persist #persistance #resist

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. ↗

— Ralph Bunche

#firm resolve #gear #hard #make #must

Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason. ↗

— Archibald Cox

#been #centuries #concerned #disputes #enable

Actually, I would love to make a music video. Maybe it would finally put to rest those persistent rumours that have followed me throughout my career - particularly when I was on camera performing - that I had died. ↗

— Perry Como

#camera #career #died #finally #followed

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows. ↗

— Milton Glaser

#desire #element #even #grows #independent

I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace. ↗

— Criss Jami

#content #contentment #eating #enjoyment #faith