Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

Patience is weapon. I learned that from my Laker days.

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Persistence is self-discipline in action.

You have to persevere and fortify your pertinacity until the will to good becomes a disposition to good.

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

I just have to keep working hard.

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

Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

The way most people fail is in not keeping up the heart.

I've inherited a kind of... willfulness, a kind of quiet willfulness that I'll just hang in there with something until it happens.

I am not particularly disciplined, but I am stubborn like few.

All we can do is to work hard.

Hard work is the only way to success. You have to be tough, stay tough.

I hope my story could become an inspiration of determination, discipline, faith and hardwork.

I'm very strong mentally. I have a lot of character. I never give in; I always have the drive to keep going and to work hard to achieve my goals.

Human will-power alone is not enough. Will-power is excellent and we should always be using it; but it is not enough. A desire to live a good life is not enough. Obviously we should all have that desire, but it will not guarantee success.

I use discipline and focus as my greatest weapons.

Willpower is that thing CEOs and professional athletes tell us they used to make it to the top.

Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.

Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.

Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.

SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential.

Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.

How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to be a self-starter than a self-finisher. The victor in the race is not the one who dashes off swiftest but the one who leads at the finish. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter in life's race. In America we breed many hares but not so many tortoises.