Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maurice Maeterlinck

At every crossway on the path that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past. Let us have no fear that the fair towers of former days be sufficiently defended. The least that the most timid among us can do is not to add to the immense dead weight that nature drags along.

William Shakespeare

That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.

Daniel Goleman

Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.

Benoit Mandelbrot

One couldn't even measure roughness. So, by luck, and by reward for persistence, I did found the theory of roughness, which certainly I didn't expect and expecting to found one would have been pure madness.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

I give you points for persistence, but you lose a few for being slow on the uptake. (Rae)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Success is when persistence meets preparation.

Nora Ephron

I have for many years been puzzled by the persistence of Hugh Hefner. Why is he still here?

James Joyce

[Robinson Crusoe] is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence, the slow yet efficient intelligence, the sexual apathy, the calculating taciturnity.

Harvey Mackay

Make the second effort your second nature.

Eric Swensen

(The outlook) is fantastic. After this, we know that placing at states is a goal that's within reach.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there.

Martin Jol

We played well in the first half but needed a second goal because we did not kill them off, and Robbie Keane got it.

Buddy Carroll

We played well as a group. We had some nice goals.

Marty Miller

We play all year setting goals. Now our goal is to get to the (World Series) championship game.

Nick Nuttall

We are not going to meet the Millennium Development Goals on water or health unless we protect them.

Henry Thomas

When we raise these rates, people will use less. That's a goal we want to achieve.

Celia Weston

My goal has always been to make a living and to have the respect of my peers. It's never been about stardom. It's about a good and challenging part.

Pierce Brosnan

It's the ultimate goal every day you wake up, to be happy. At the end of the week, you want to be happy. Happy in love, happy in work, happy in life, happy with yourself. It's pretty simple.

John Marhefka

The overall mood of the team is frustration because we have put in a lot of work and effort into practices and games. Our youth and inexperience has shown up in some games, but we are playing a lot of tough teams in a very competitive conference.

Lonnie Roberts

The overall effort was great all season long, and now we've got a little taste of the playoffs, too.

Wendee Saintsing

We played well enough for me to get everyone some playing time. We had a good team effort and everybody played well at times.

Wally Kesling

We play hard every night. But right now, we don't have the skills to turn that effort into wins. We're not quite where we need to be.

Wendell Jeffries

We played (with) the fifth-ranked team in the state on their home floor. It was a valiant effort by the kids.

Neal Miller

We plan on starting our clean-up efforts in about three weeks after getting our permits from the county.

Kevin Phillips

We pretty much got together and jammed. The songwriting process is an equal effort between all the members, even though I write most of the lyrics.

Ban Ki-moon

Midori has been a steadfast supporter of the United Nations, as a Messenger of Peace and more recently by encouraging our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Randy Cunneyworth

When a big effort has been needed, he has risen to the occasion recently.