Due to the tight labor market, I am making more money than I used to. So, I am looking for a nicer apartment. I still can’t afford the majority of them though. I have had two viewings canceled. The cancellation email claimed that the apartment went off the market. Yet, the apartments are still listed on their website as available. On another apartment, I viewed it and applied. Someone else applied before me and was approved a little after they received my application. I am losing my desire to keep looking. So, I needed a boost in my morale. Here is some quotes about the value of persisting even when life gets hard.
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins-not through strength but be perseverance.” H. Jackson Browne Jr. Wikipedia says,”Horace Jackson Brown Jr. (March 14, 1940 – November 30, 2021) was an American author who was best known for his inspirational book, Life’s Little Instruction Book, which was a New York Times Best Seller (1991–1994). Its sequel Life’s Little Instruction Book: Volume 2 also made it to the same best seller list in 1993.” I remember this book but can’t remember if I have read it. Water seems to be weak but it made the Grand Canyon. How? Persistence.
“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” F. Scott Fitzgerald I think this quote is a reminder to try again if the first attempts fail. I have read of entrepreneurs who had to start two or three businesses before they succeed.
“I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely that with ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.” Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton