Quotes About Tenacity

take solace in the fact that you can quit at any time. I cannot.]

Skinny guys fight till they're burger.

My biggest gripe is still hope. In hell, hope is a really really bad habit. Like smoking cigarettes or fingernail biting. Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It's an addiction to break. Yes, I know the word tenacious. I'm 13 and disillusioned. And a little lonely.

You wouldn't call yourself a runner if you quit every race your ran halfway through.

Miriam's heels are dug so far in, she's up to her neck.

You're not tasked with desalinating an ocean or training a komodo dragon to cure ebola. I'm saying, sludge yourself into the ass receptacle and peck keyboard keys like a hungry chicken until it makes words.

Show me, too. Show me your courage and your passion. Show me how strong you are." In

As much as we might like to break, we're really only made to bend.

Why should anyone else have it easy. Spoken like a true New Yorker.

Head held high for the difficult last five minutes!

They have no idea the fierceness that lurks within your petite frame.

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.

into submission. No more punches. Before

Kennedy stood her ground, like a predator trying to decide if this was worth the physical exertion. After an uncomfortable silence, she said, "I find that hard to believe.

door and said, "Let's get that thing open, and then

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to back us a bit more.

Rickman wouldn't let something as trivial as death stop him.

Tu ne cede malis

Yield thou not to adversity, but press on more bravely.

Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis.

Incepto Ne Desistam!

You must be careful. There are things that should never be given up. You must persevere.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.