Richard Bach Quotes

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.

You know, sometimes people never get to learn how successful they could have been because they give up too easily. If I've learned one thing in all my years in the business, it's that often things don't work out the way you want at first. But that doesn't mean you should give up.

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

The world belongs to those who persevere.

Most people in life, give up too early.

You'll never know how close you are to victory if you give up.

You never lose until you actually give up.

Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

When I was younger I was taught that a winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

It's amazing how far you will get by just staying with something long enough. Most people give up too early.

There is no such thing as failure, there's just giving up too soon.

I'm going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.

Failing is not the worst thing in the world; quitting is

There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.

There's times you want to give up and times you want to move on ... you get so much satisfaction out of staying and sticking with it, and seeing things turn around.

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.

He believes that "To persevere is favorable."

Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit.

I want to find people who have had to work hard and who have learned from their failures. Perseverance is no guarantee you’ll succeed, but without it, it’s almost guaranteed you won’t.

The only reason I have the career I have is that I didn't quit.

In the end, it's all about perseverance.