Thoughts—Perseverance	
QUICK CHECK:	
Perseverance is 
failing 19 times 
and 
succeeding 
the 20th.
J. Andrews
I am not the 
smartest or 
most	
talented person in the world, but I succeeded 
because I keep going, and going, and going. 
    —Sylvester Stallone
If at first you don’t succeed; try, try, try again.
    —W. E. Hickson
Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their 
jobs.    —B. Forbes
Our greatest glory is not in never failing — our 
glory is in rising every time we fail. —Confucius
It’s not whether you get knocked down — 
It’s whether you get up again. —Vince Lombardi
To be happy, drop the words "if only" and substitute 
instead the words "next time."
    —Smiley Blanton
Babe Ruth, famous baseball player, set the home run 
record and also held the record for strikeouts.
A winner never quits — and a quitter never wins.
    —Anonymous
Never grow a wishbone where your backbone ought 
to be.     —Clementine Paddleford
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as 
you do not stop.    —Confucius	
It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very 
long journey.  The main thing is to keep to the faith, 
to endure, to help each other when we stumble or 
tire, to weep and press on.   —Mary Richards
I’m a slow walker, but I never walk back.
     —Abraham Lincoln
Success seems to be connected with action.  
Successful people keep moving.  They make 
mistakes, but they don’t quit.     —Hilton
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on 
after others have let go. —William Feather	
The great thing in this world is 	
not so much where we are, 
but in what direction we are 
moving. 
—Oliver  Wendall Holmes	
When you get right down to the 
root of the meaning of the word 
"succeed," you find that it simply 
means to follow through.	
Every strike brings me closer to the next 	
home run.     —Babe Ruth	
1. Stallone:  Why does he succeed?
2. Hickson:  What should you do if you at first 	
don't succeed?	
3. Confucius:  What is our greatest glory?
4. Blanton:  To be happy:  a) What do you drop?  	
b) What do you substitute instead?	
5. Lincoln: How does he never walk?
6. Hilton:  With what is success connected?
7. Feather:  What is success?
8. Holmes:  What is the great thing?
9. What is the root meaning of succeed?
9. a) Which quote do you like?  b) Give a reason 	
for your choice. 
Thoughts & Quotes