Quotes About Persistence

One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed.

I'd never invested a lot of effort into my dreams. When daily survival took everything I had, flexibility was more practical than hope.

A cada paso adelantado en mi ruta hacia el frente rasgaba mis espaldas el aleteo desesperado de los troncos viejos. At each advancing step on my route forward back was ripped by the desperate flapping wings of the old guard. (From "Yo misma fui mi ruta/I was my own route")

Follow your heart, with whatever dream that resides in your heart and don't give up!

Julia London

Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.

Tú, Fernando, has decidido unir tu suerte a la de una mujer que nunca podrá quererte porque persigue un sueño y los sueños son fruto de nuestra imaginación, con lo que podemos adornarlos tanto como deseemos, estirarlos hasta el infinito, perseguirlos eternamente.

No sabes nada, no sabes si seré capaz de hacerlo, si me perderé o llegaré a tiempo, no sabes qué haré si me detienen, no sabes si hablaré... Yo no puedo asegurarte nada, sólo que lo intentaré, que procuraré llegar a la hora que me digas al lugar que me indiques, que entregaré el paquete y que cuidaré de que nadie me siga. Sólo eso.

If you begin giving up, they will go on grabbing till they get everything. ---Queen Victoria

They had learned that opposing a thing merely feeds it and strengthens it, giving it a reason to continue itself.

I'm leaving!" she said, with, in her opinion, great drama and resolve. But he just answered her with a sly half smile, and said, "I'm following." And the bloody man remained two strides behind her the entire way home.

I won't be satisfied with anything less than everything

Don't settle. Know what you want and reach for it. And if you don't know what you want, be patient. The answers will come to you in time, and you may find that your heart s desire has been right under your nose all the while.

Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book.

Click. The door swung open. "Three," James said with a slightly self-satisfied smile. "Well done," Caroline said. He smiled back at her. "I've never met a woman or a lock that didn't love me.

Be strong. Be diligent. Be conscientious. There is never anything to be gained by taking the easy road.

He smacked the heel of his hand against his forhead, as if that could knock the mental picture out of his head. Hell, he though irritably, he didn't want to knock the image just out of his head. He wanted to send it clear across the room and out the window.

Alex strode through a doorway and kicked the door shut, finally dumping Emma down upon a large four-poster bed. She immediately made a mad dash for the door, but Alex ably blocked her, redeposited her on the bed, crossed the room, and locked the door with a resounding click. "Why you-" Alex tossed the key out the window.

Don't settle. Know what you want and reach for it. And if you don't know what you want, be patient. The answers will come to you in time, and you may find that your heart's desire has been right under your nose all the while. And

Não preciso de ser mesmo boa. Só preciso de retirar prazer do que faço. E de saber que tentei.

Kate, on the other hand, always stood with her shoulders straight and tall, couldn't sit still if her life depended upon it, and walked as if she were in a race—and why not? she always wondered. If one was going somewhere, what could possibly be the point in not getting there quickly?

Don't settle. Know what you want and reach for it. And if you don't know what you want, be patient. The answers will come to you in time, and you may find that your heart's desire has been right under your nose all the while.

The viscount was running in front of her, and all she could think was that he must really want to marry Edwina, because despite the fact that he was clearly a splendid athlete, he looked most undignified dashing through the park after a rotund corgi.

Le han dicho alguna vez que es un poco testaruda? —Constantemente. Es mi único defecto. Escuchó cómo Phillip se reía. —¿El único? —El único que vale la pena comentar.