Thoughts on Perseverance and Promises

A collection of quotes on perseverance, staying true to your character, and keeping your promises.

Thoughts on Perseverance and Promises

“The future not being born, my friend, we will abstain from baptizing it.”
George Meredith “Beauchamp’s Career”

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“Victory belongs to the most persevering.”
Napoleon Bonaparte

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“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”
Samuel Johnson

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“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
James Michener

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“Success is largely about keeping your promises.”
Seth Godin in “Successful?”

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“Your brand is the promise that you keep.”
Kirstin Zhivago

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“Creativity is difficult. When you are being creative, you’re living by faith. You don’t know what’s next because the created, by definition, is what’s never been before. So you’re living at the edge of something in which you’re not very confident. You might fail: in fact, you almost certainly will fail a good part of the time. All the creative persons I know throw away most of the stuff they do.”
Eugene Peterson in “The Contemplative Pastor”

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“Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it, and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work–and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.”
Lucille Ball

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“A professional does not wait for inspiration, he acts in anticipation of it.”
Steve Pressfield “Turning Pro”

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“At the grueling Iditarod, there’s a prize for the musher who finishes last: The Red Lantern.

Failing to finish earns you nothing, of course. But for the one who sticks it out, who arrives hours late, there’s the respect that comes from finding the strength to make it, even when all seems helpless.

Most parents (and most bosses) agree that this sort of dedication is a huge asset in life. I can’t help but notice that schools do nothing at all to encourage it.”

Seth Godin “The Red Lantern“