If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
Perseverance Quotes
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
How you start is important, but it is how you finish that counts. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter.
This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It’s what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve. (Speaking during “Perseverance Month” at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H. As quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000)
Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.
