Make Progress Quotes

 

 

The best thing we can do for ourselves is to make consistent progress. So, instead of letting our challenges weaken our mettle, we should use these wise words to re-frame them as opportunities to learn, grow and perform better, going forward.

 

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.

John C. Maxwell

 

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

Marva Collins

 

 

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Calvin Coolidge

 

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~Arthur Ashe

 

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

 

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~Confucius

 

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

Newt Gingrich

 

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”_ Zig Ziglar

 

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

Albert Einstein

 

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

George Horace Lorimer

 

If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Dale Carnegie

 

“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” ~Robert H. Schuller

 

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” ~Lao Tzu

 

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” _Thomas A. Edison

 

 

 

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