James T. Farrell Quotes

There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

There's moments where things are harder than others, and there are obviously questions, but when it comes down to it, there is no quit in me.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.

Obstacles are merely a call to strengthen your resolve to achieve your worthwhile goals.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

Working inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

Failure makes me work even harder.

It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.

Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race.

You go through big chunks of time where you're just thinking, 'this is impossible - oh,this is impossible'. And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.

Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.

When the path becomes difficult, that's no reason to give up. In fact, it means you're making real progress.

Keep trying. It's only from the valley that the mountain seems high.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

Obstacles don't have to stop you.

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.

Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.

Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

I will get stronger. I will return.

I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.