John F. Kennedy Quotes

I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess.

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.

Good things come to those who have patience and take consistent, persistent actions toward what they want.

If we can muster up that degree of commitment and get away from the uniquely American perception that if something can't be done immediately it isn't worth doing, then I think the Hunger Movement, this small but growing minority of us, can have a truly significant impact.

Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.

The only way things will happen is if people get over the notion that they must see immediate success. If they get over that notion and persist, then they will see things happen before they even realize it.

If you do something for so long, it's really great in your life, right?

The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.

Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant daily application of the best you have within you.

Now I know that patience and time can do more than even strength and passion. The years of frustration are ready to be harvested. All that I have managed to accomplish, and all that I hope to accomplish, has been and will be by that plodding, patient, persevering process which builds the ant heap, particle by particle, thought by thought, step by step.

I don't want to pack everything into one year and then do nothing the rest of my life. I think it's important to do things bit by bit.

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.

Real change happens a step at a time.

Life is a long marathon, and you have to be consistent. Anyone can sprint for 1500 meters, but you have pace yourself through your entire life.

You have to show up when your show fails - or it succeeds. When you are enjoying the glory of success, you have to show up and still work hard because it may not last. You have to do your job with the same sincerity when you started and till you can actually do it with passion.

Be ambitious about things that last.

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

Being inspired is fine for a week, and being motivated might work for a month or so, but to make any lifestyle change last a lifetime, you need dedication.

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

Infinite patience gets you immediate results.

Why is it better to last than to burn?

I'm well aware when they fired the starting gun I was halfway down the track, but I still ran as fast as I could for 25 years.