Persistence Quotes

Every day, we change the world, but to change the world in a way that means anything, that takes more time than most people have. It never happens all at once. It’s slow. It’s methodical. It’s exhausting. We don’t all have the stomach for it.

We don’t take no for an answer.

Persistence without insight will lead to the same outcome. Your body is strong, but your mind is distracted.

We weren’t blessed with easy. You know that. We just do our best to stand tall. And come in tomorrow, even with the tiniest bit of hope, it’ll be better than today.[to Kyle]

The enemy always wins. And we still need to fight him.

You should always be striving for more. You should always strive to get to that next rung of the ladder. Should always just keep wanting more. But if you just spend all of your time wanting more, striving for more, you don’t spend any of your time living.

You pushed forward like champions. Never stopping. Never being satisfied. Never giving up. And if you keep pushing and keep moving forward, you’re gonna go to places you never even dreamed of.

Talk to everyone. Fail, and fail again. And brush yourself off. And fail again. Because maybe… Maybe.

Posh Spice was easily the most s*** member of the squad. Could barely sing or dance. No discernible talent whatsoever. Wasn’t even featured on “Wannabe.” But did that stop her? No. You look at her now. Still married with Becks. Fifteen engagement rings, 32 Vogue covers, inducted by Prince William into the Order of the bloody British Empire. Even I doubted her move into women’s apparel, but her line is a staple at Paris f***ing Fashion Week. You see, despite her obvious disadvantages, including a tragic inability to smile, she never gave up, and we ain’t giving up, either.

Good men die in test planes all the time. But we don’t change the whole culture of flight test ’cause good men die. We still get up there and push the envelope every single day, and maybe, maybe today’s the day you don’t come back. We all know that. It’s always there. But we get up there anyway, and we keep taking the risks.

You can’t. It’s impossible. But don’t let that stop you.[Loki: I need to go back to before the Temporal Loom melted down.]

You can hit me all day long, but I’m never giving up on my dream.[to Garp]