Quotes About Tenacity

And the thing you need to realise is this: the game is never over until it is over. It isn't over if there is a single pawn still on the board. If one side is down to a pawn and a king, and the other side has every player, there is still a game.

Never give up, Never say die.

The English play hockey in any weather. Thunder, lightening, plague of locusts...nothing can stop the hockey. Do not fight the hockey, for the hockey will win.

Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes in. She believes she is the best at whatever she does and proceeds through life with that knowledge. She can face any hazard that life throws her way and stay with it until she wins. She is loyal to her kinsmen and accepting of others. She's not above a sock in the jaw if you have it coming.

His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.

Nevertheless, as Terray declared later, nothing would ever equal those first desperate days when he put forth every ounce of his courage, strength and resolution.

Maxine Rose Schur

Fighting back is what I've discovered I do best.

you will have to fight your entire life. And that's why you'll always be better. Because you wanted it so much more.

A rotten ship is not afraid of the storms!

On a soft snow, even a sparrow leaves a trace; the important thing is to leave a trace on a steel plate!

Only a sheep with lion's heart can attack wolf, not the sheep with lion's teeth or with lion's claw!

Sometimes we walk away from our big dreams; but this time, our big dreams don't let us to go away!

The key to success in every field is to hate failure in every way.

Try to exist even under hardest conditions! That is the effort which deserves the applauses most!

I was at my best when I was backed into a corner. Like a cornered rat I had to somehow jump out of it. I would never surrender. Carl knew he would never get the same answer twice, and I loved to surprise him. Carl: Who is the favorite of all your girlfriends of all time? Mel: Shirley. Carl: What was so special about Shirley? Mel: Her friend Leila. Carl hit the floor.

If I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and do the best I can with it.

It will make her stronger." "She was strong enough!

I didn't drown. I didn't break.

He who labours diligently need never despair. We can accomplish every thing by diligence and labour.

The only way to do it is to do it.

The waves have rolled upon me, the billows are repeatedly broken over me, yet I am not sunk down.

I am not a coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die.

Merline Lovelace