Quotes About Persistence

Time and tides wait for none

And, if there's one thing I've learned about life, it's that if you just put one foot on the road you'd like to travel, pretty soon you find yourself arriving there.

He can't keep this up forever, Joanne. Stop fucking around." Did other people have little voices in their heads that said things like that?

The serious problems in life...are never fully solved. If ever they should appear to be so it is a sure sign that something has been lost. The meaning and purpose of a problem seem to lie not in its solution but in our working at it incessantly.

The brothers were on us like ugly on an ape

The rhythms of the road were like rivers that flooded and receded in perpetuity.

You like to fly under the radar," Romanowski said, locking eyes again with Joe. "When you see something that's wrong, you don't give up. You value being underestimated. In fact, you encourage it. Then, if you have to, you turn fucking cowboy and surprise everyone.

Hi, Tony." "I thought I'd gotten rid of him for good," Portenson said in a way that didn't reveal if he was joking or not. "But here he is again, like a bad penny.

River Box. It had remained in place while

how long it took at this high altitude

Actually," Joe said, "you're right on time.

She swallowed the last of her cup of decaf and leaned forward to her laptop and keyed in the passwords for ViCAP—one for the department, one for her personally—and followed the prompts and she was in.

So like Miriam to look for the easy way.

Students in the school of prayer never graduate from the school of the Gospel.

he would skin a flea for the fat on its arse.

Skill and determination can lead a hunter only so far. After that it becomes a test of faith.

Hope is the sum of the mental willpower and waypower that you have for your goals.

In the words of one high-hope individual, "All the steps involved in getting there are as much fun as actually finishing a project." Consistent with this sentiment, I have found that high-hope people are quite patient with experiencing the course of unfolding events.

There are many ways to obtain our desires, ma petite. Remember that, for it will serve you well.

We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.

Carl Spackler IT'S IN THE HOLE.

I've read everything, man, I've tried macrobiotics psychoanalysis drugs acupuncture suicide yoga dance swimming jogging astrology roller-skating Marxism Candomblé gay clubs ecology, all that's left is this knot in my chest, so now what do I do?

Tem coisa mais autodestrutiva do que insistir sem fé nenhuma?

Feito febre, baixava às vezes nele aquela sensação de que nada daria jamais certo, que todos os esforços seriam para sempre inúteis, e coisa nenhuma de alguma forma se modificaria.