Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer. ~Andr? A. Jackson

The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.  ~Author Unknown

You can’t go through life quitting everything.  If you’re going to achieve anything, you’ve got to stick with something.  ~From the television show Family Matters

Saints are sinners who kept on going.  ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.  ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.  ~Author unknown, in reference to Ecclesiastes 9:11, "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."

He conquers who endures.  ~PersiusCUL

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. MerwinTPV

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.  ~Walter Elliott, The Spiritual Life

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

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.  ~Franklin D. RooseveltGCLE

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places.  ~Author Unknown

I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday.  ~Author Unknown

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.  ~Newt Gingrich

The dreams of the broken are mightier than the wishes of the dead.  ~Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.  Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.  If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.  ~Dale Carnegie

Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce.  ~Vivian Komori

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ~William Feather

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. ~William James

As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent – that it does not have to be recognized by others.  ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com

There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.  ~Author Unknown

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.  ~Lucretius

Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials.  Hold on; hold fast; hold out.  Patience is genius.  ~Georges-Louis Leclerc