An Overnight Success Takes About Ten Years.

Never give up on what you really know you should do. Failure is waiting on the path of least persistence. The "man of the hour" spent many days and nights getting there.
Consider the man who said, "my overnight success was the longest night of my life." Winners simply do what losers don't want to do longer.
Earl Nightingale said, "A young man once asked a great and famous older man, 'how can I make a name for myself in the world and become successful?' The great and famous man replied: 'you have only to decide upon what it is you want and then stay with it, never deviating from your course no matter how long it takes, or how rough the road, until you have accomplished it.' Success is found by holding on long after others have let go.
The famous old saying is true: "in the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins-not through strength but through perseverance." Christopher Morley said, "big shots are only little shots that keep shooting." Persistence is simply enjoying the distance between the birth and fulfillment of your dreams.
We should be people of strong wills, not strong won't. Many of the world's great failures did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Stopping at third base adds no more score than striking out.
When you're persistent, it's proof you have been defeated. Mike Murdock says, "you have no right to anything you have not pursued. For the proof of desire is in the pursuit." Life holds no greater wealth than that of steadfast commitment. It cannot be robbed from you. Only you can lose it by your will.
When faithfulness is the most difficult, it is most necessary, because trying times are no time to quit trying. The secret of success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching. We rate success by what people finish, not by what they start. People do not fail, they just quit too easily...