Plato Quotes

Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.

You can't become a winner overnight, or even in a couple of years-it takes time... You will lose races and you will have to accept that, learn from it and believe that you'll win the next one, knowing that you'll probably lose that as well. All the time you have to keep believing that one day you will win.

One thing I have learned about Christians, having organized them for years - when they lose, they quit. And when they win they quit. We are just quitters.

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

It's always too early to quit.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.

I don't want to be the crazy woman who does it for years and years and years, and tries and fails and tries and fails and tries and fails, but I can swim from Cuba to Florida, and I will swim from Cuba to Florida.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.

I envision Hollywood as a race, and some people simply drop off before their turn comes around. It's all about stamina - your ability to get back up and keep going even though everything is pointing at the odds not being in your favor.

I believe in never giving up, no matter what the odds. My mantra is, 'Failure is temporary. Giving up is permanent.'

Really, you don't lose until you stop trying.

I just hope everybody knows I never quit.

Obviously 1,500 is a lot of hits, but I've got to keep going.

The only real failure is giving up.

You're not a loser in anything until you quit. Don't quit.

If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "first Attempt In Learning".

It’s not when you start that makes your success in the world, but when you quit.

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up. We never gave in. We never became bitter. We didn't hate. We continued to press on. And that's what we're saying: There are some ups, there are some downs, and when you're not down, you must have the capacity and the ability to get up and keep going.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.