Harry Chapin Quotes

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.

I think there is a great deal to the idea of not doing a thing, but that when you do a thing, you don't do it in five minutes or in five hours, but in five years.

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

Infinite patience gets you immediate results.

All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days . . .nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.

Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

If you change your lifestyle, remember it's not a wind sprint, but it's a marathon you're embarked on, and you'll be able to stay there.

What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out - not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.

Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there. The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.

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.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Continual dropping wears away a stone.

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.

Stay the course.

The principle part of faith is patience.

I like to do things that you need to chip away at.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

Endurance is patience concentrated.