Quotes about tenacity

Courage is not having the strength to go on it is going on when you don't have the strength.

You can’t measure a person by model year you have to measure that personby their mileage.

Do not be sad that all odds are against you be happy that your real purpose is by you

know your ignorance defile your ignorance

I have gotten where I am today by refusing to stay where I was. Change is something I have done over and over again.

How often do I stand in abject terror and raw trepidation before the impossible peaks that soar to impossible heights in front me, when God turns to me and calmly says “what mountains?

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

If only you want the best, do it till you get the best though all see is the worst! Don't ever give up on the rest, and rest; time changes!

It always feels good and comforting to relax whilst there is work to be done but, it feels fulfilling to work hard, overcome slothfulness and challenges with tenacity and achieve your aim when you should have relaxed

Tenacity bores failure.

Of course I don’t want to get knocked down. But the single and sole solution to that fear is to not go anywhere where I can be knocked down. And is that not already being knocked down?

Tenacity is the mother of progress.

Men are creatures of invention and are usually determined not to accept no for an answer.

NEVER GIVE UPNo matter what is going onNever give upDevelop the heartToo much energy in your countryIs spent developing the mindInstead of the heartBe compassionateNot just to your friendsBut to everyoneBe compassionateWork for peaceIn your heart and in the worldWork for peaceAnd I say againNever give upNo matter what is going on around youNever give up

Camouflage with a defensive grace and bounce back with joy.

Survival was more than the preservation of life. It was tenacity in the face of ruin, an unbroken resolve in the midst of defeat, a glimmer of hope in the maelstrom, and peace despite the wreckage.

Just do you. The right people and opportunities will be drawn to that.

If something doesn’t work, try something different. Don’t go ball up, cry in a corner, and say, “Woe is me.” Kick yourself in the pants and force yourself to get on to the next alternative.

Plan B” is nonsense. Successful people come up with plans A, B, C, D . . . all the way to Z. That’s how life works. If you’renot constantly looking for and testing solutions, that’s probably why you’re on the hamster wheel that you’re on right now.

Perhaps [he had] persevered for too long, in the face of too many obstacles, his hair proof of his tenacity - the stark black streaked with white or, in certain light, stark white shot through with black, each strand of white attributable to the jungle fever (so cold it burned, his skin glacial), each strand of black a testament to being alive afterwards.

That's one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.

if you rest at work, you will work at rest

Hearts who struggled worst never gives up on possibilities when finding solutions reaching out for others' loss & despair.

Compromise is a sign you'll pass on the road to mediocrity.

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

People can be at their most vulnerable, but still tenacious at the same time.

Stretch an unwavering tenacity when facing bad to worse attitudes.

FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again....even though every time you've tried before you've lost.

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

On days such as this, Death’s long shadow hung like a broken halo over everyone—a sign of things to come.

Almost more than talent you need tenacity, and an infinite capacity for rejection, if you are to succeed.

The true sign of a robust and mature life rests in how many times that life has been knocked down, for to be incessantly knocked down and yet find oneself still standing means that someone had the resolve to get up that many times plus one.

When you give certain unnecessary people the reason and permission to oppose you, give them the power and strength to oppose you

Life stories with themes of ruin can trap us. Life stories that are triumphant can transform us.

No matter how heavy the challenges we face in our life, embrace optimism, perseverance, tenacity and courage. Never lose faith and hope and a generous heart who live and breathes with a timeless love.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Do you really think all angels are sweet and gentle? You must have forgot that the front lines of the War in Heaven were littered with bold women that had something to say.

I want to stand on the belief that great things are the product of ordinary people who are made great when they stand.

A Data Scientists strength lies solely in their tenacity.

If the amount of times we get up is just one less than the amount of times that we've been knocked down, then we're spending our lives lying down.

The bottom line is that no matter what you’ve experiencedin life, no matter what kind of trauma you’ve been through,no matter what bad decisions you’ve made, if you accept therealities of your situation, you can properly address them witha plan and with action.

Because you made it here on a lot less" he says and he has no idea how on the mark he is.

A commitment to never getting knocked down is in reality a decision to never stand up.

...grit grows as we figure out our life philosophy, learn to dust ourselves off after rejection and disappointment, and learn to tell the difference between low-level goals that should be abandoned quickly and higher-level goals that demand more tenacity. The maturation story is that we develop the capacity for long-term passion and perseverance as we get older.

Defeat is only defeat if we accept it as defeat. Victory often comes after defeat, because one was too stubborn to allow it to be their reality. In the trail of any great conflict you will see the scuff marks, where the one was beaten down, but they could not be taught to stay that way.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.

A time past is an essence gone

Without mountains, we might find ourselves relieved that we can avoid the pain of the ascent, but we will forever miss the thrill of the summit. And in such a terribly scandalous trade-off, it is the absence of pain that becomes the thief of life.

When you star arises, your cloud of opposition awakens

it may seem so easy to take it easy but, it is never so easy to take it easy

Tenacity is what it takes to dare unrelentingly

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

I will give you a few guarantees of my own, Mukthar. I guarantee that before the sun sets, even if you win, even if my cold, dead body is lying on the field, you will rue the day you ever set foot in the Plains. For every inch you advance I'll exact gallons of Mukthar blood. I guarantee that there will be not one family of the Bear Mukthars or they will mourn at least one of theirs. I guarantee that even if you are triumphant the fruits of victory will taste like dust in your mouth. I guarantee

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Prayer is asking God to incarnate, to get dirty in your life. Yes, the eternal God scrubs floors. For sure we know he washes feet. So take Jesus at his word. Ask him. Tell him what you want. Get dirty. Write out your prayer requests; don't mindlessly drift through life on the American narcotic of busyness. If you try to seize the day, the day will eventually break you. Seize the corner of his garment and don't let go until he blesses you. He will reshape the day.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I always say that my success has been three parts support and encouragement from my amazing network and one part piss and vinegar.

The qualities of a successful man are tenacity, perseverance, courage and the will to win

I'm happy for all who reached for the stars happily and successfully.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.

Where there is insistence, there is tenacity and where there is tenacity, there is anguish.

There should be no tenacity of insistence or obstinate insistence of any kind. If there is any tenacity, it should be the kind that will go away if you tell it to!

Beauty is seen in repetition; keep repeating your beauty even if your beauty is not all that beautiful, you shall still leave a mark and there shall come a moment when the beauty will be seen