“I can’t do it” never yet accomplished anything: “I will try” has accomplished wonders.
George P. Burnham
Quotes
Herbert Kaufman
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage “coaches” ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
James Harvey Robinson
Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.
Julie Andrews
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
Russell W. Davenport, American Editor, Fortune Magazine
Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know
Tryon Edwards
Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.
William J. H. Boetcker (1873-1962) American Presbyterian Minister
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
Alphonse Karr
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Victor Robinson
There is much satisfaction in work well done, but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.