#persistence

The devil's happy when the critics run you off. ↗

— Criss Jami

#certainty #confidence #criticism #critics #determination

Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married. ↗

— Richard Ford

#done #ever #except #i #married

She knew she could answer it. She knew how to put one foot in front of the other even when every step hurt. And she knew there was pain in the journey, but there was also great beauty. She’d seen it standing on rooftops and in green eyes and in the smallest, ugliest rock. She would find the answer. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#persistence #beauty

This path was not that of my conscious choosing. But after persistent subconscious confrontation, I have finally embraced what is, 'souly' for me...and I am thankful, when called upon, to be able to share and give to those who seek their own way of the path. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#confrontation #conscious #embrace #give #journey

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#effort #failure #glorious #hopeless #little

Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#consistency #courage #determination #essence #ethos

In my experience, nothing worthwhile has ever really been all that easy. But it certainly has been worthwhile regardless how difficult it seemed. ↗

— Robert Fanney

#persistence #work #experience

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#crap #get #good #gradually #i

The art of love is largely the art of persistence. ↗

— Albert Ellis

#art #largely #love is #persistence

If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#persistence #discipline