Looking for quotes about overcoming obstacles, motivation, perserverance, etc?
Anyone got any such quotes?
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- "If you're on time, You're late."
- "Shoot for the stars, even if you miss you'll still land among the stars."
- With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. ~Thomas Foxwell Buxton Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ~Walter Elliott The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ~Buddhist Saying I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday. ~Author Unknown Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down. ~Charles F. Kettering One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~Robert Schuller Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. ~Christopher Morley Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength." "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." Helen Keller “For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.” Friedrich Nietzsche “Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” African proverb "The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests." Epictetus "The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." Chinese proverb "The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail." Nelson Mandela "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says "I'll try again tomorrow"" “For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” Ralph Waldo Emerson What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” Maria Robinson All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. Henry Ellis Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
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