Thought for Today

"'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one."

~~~~~ Laurence Sterne

Thought for Today

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

~~~~~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Thought for Today

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."

~~~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Thought for Today

"I'd look at one of my stonecutters hammering away at the rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet, at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I knew it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before."

~~~~~ Jacob August Riis

Thought for Today

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

~~~~ Sam Levenson

Thought for Today

"'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one."

~~~~ Laurence Stern

Thought for Today

"Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall."

~~~~~ Oliver Goldsmith

Thought for Today

"What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, of uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully."

~~~~~ Victor Cherbuliez

Thought for Today

"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity."

~~~~~ Louis Pasteur

Thought for Today

"One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find 'em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of 'em."

~~~~~ Benny Goodman

Thought for Today

"To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs."

~~~~~ Euripides

Thought for Today

"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."

~~~~~ John Quincy Adams