I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I PERSIST UNTIL I SUCCEED. The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner. I always take another step. If that is of no avail I take another, and yet another. I am determined to keep on keeping on I PERSIST UNTIL I SUCCEED. I always try, and try, and try again. Each obstacle I consider as a mere detour to my goal and a challenge to my profession. I persist and develop my skills as the mariner develops his, by learning to ride out the wrath of each storm. I PERSIST UNTIL I SUCCEED.~Based on the teachings of Og Mandino in The Greatest Salesman In The World
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.~John D. Rockefeller
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.~Napoleon Hill
When things look the worst… When nothing seems to be going right… When you’ve tried everything and it just doesn’t seem possible… Always remember that you are only three feet from gold.~Napoleon Hill
If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.~Yogi Berra
The root of all failure is broken focus.