May Sarton Quotes

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence.

If you work hard and be persistent, you will achieve whatever you want to do.

There is no hope without endeavor.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.

For most of the people who have a lot of success, it's because they were the ones who didn't quit. It's not necessarily because it was just laid out for them. It won't apply to all cases, but I think it's pretty good advice.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.

The key to all things is determination.

One who is persistent will excel.

Persistence pays off.

What keeps you in this business is the thought that maybe tomorrow will be different.

The greatest lesson I've learned is that you have to fight and continue to strive for greatness, as nothing great ever comes easily.

Don't give up, no matter how hard it is. Things are going to be tough down the road, but the more work you put in, the more achievement you're going to get out of it.

The message to the young players is that hard work and dedication is everything. As a footballer, or anything in life, if you're dedicated you have to fight for that and don't give up however hard it is.

Football is like that: you never know when things will change, so you can never give up.

Sometimes it's about gritting in and getting the results.

Whatever I have to do I will do and I will make it look great no matter what.