I will persist until I succeed

“I will persist until I succeed.

I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.

I will persist until I succeed.

The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner.

Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.

I will persist until I succeed.”

- from The Greatest Salesman In The World by Og Mandino

Motivation and Persistence Quotes and Thoughts

“If you can stick with a goal for long enough, you’ll almost always get there eventually. It just takes patience, and motivation.”
– Leo Babauta, The Essential Motivation Handbook

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
- William B. Sprague

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
- Theodore Roosevelt

“We no longer have to toil in farms and factories for the larger part of sunlight.  We have an amazing gift to even have the opportunity to pursue our dreams.  To squander that is a crime against yourself.”
– Reclaim Your Dreams by Jonathan Mead