#persistence

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction. ↗

— Criss Jami

#certainty #confidence #conviction #definition #faith

I will not be defined by the marks left on me by the world, but by the mark I leave on the world (referring to the facial scars he still carries from his successful 1991 battle against cancer, which caused him to be turned down for a customer service job because he was "too ugly"). ↗

— James Houston Turner

#persistence #inspirational

Do you have the talent?' is rarely the question. 'Do you have the guts to finish?' is the real question. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#perseverance #persistence #talent #life

We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#trial #trials

As long as you like me the best. And you think I’m good-looking—sort of. I’m prepared to be annoyingly persistent. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#sweet-talk #persistence

Holding on, holding out and holding fast when the going is tough constitutes a winning mindset. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#motivational #persistence #inspirational

Sorrow is not a raven perched persistently above a chamber door. Sorrow is a thing with teeth, and while in time it retreats, it comes back at the whisper of it's name. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#the-good-guy #persistence

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

Don't ever give up. Don't ever give in. Don't ever stop trying. Don't ever sell out. And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off. But never, ever, ever give up. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#dedication #drive #eena #inspirational #perserverance

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these. ↗

— James Whitcomb Riley

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