Henry David Thoreau Perseverance Quotations

Trench says a wild man is a willed man. Well, then, a man of will who does what he wills or wishes, a man of hope and of the future tense, for not only the obstinate is willed, but far more the constant and persevering. The obstinate man, properly speaking, is one who will not. The perseverance of the saints is positive willedness, not a mere passive willingness. The fates are wild, for they will; and the Almighty is wild above all, as fate is.

The future is too soon the past. So make perseverance your excellence and go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.