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Quotes About Persistence

There's people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don't. I want to go on a quest. I've always wanted to go on a quest. And now that I have one, I'm not backing down from it. I'm not going home until it's complete.
~ Holly Black
Keep going' she told herself, 'Don't look back.' But she looked anyways.
~ Holly Black
So much of winning is waiting. The other part, though, is taking the shot when it comes. Unleashing all that momentum.
~ Holly Black
That was seven years ago. The doctors told her father the memory would fade, like the big messy scar on her arm, but neither ever did.
~ Holly Black
Dead or not, I have come for his heart and I will have it.
~ Holly Black
wolves always come
~ Holly Black
After all, when you were already in a slippery place, reality-wise, you couldn't afford to assume that things would be straightforward from here on in.
~ Holly Black
Call tried to call
~ Holly Black
La ambición es muy curiosa: puedes contraerla como si fuera una fiebre, pero no es tan fácil desprenderte de ella
~ Holly Black
The revel will go on, I realize. Everything will go on. But I am not sure that I can.
~ Holly Black
And you will still love him, mortal girl, long after his feelings evaporate like morning dew.
~ Holly Black
This will be over quickly, he'd said. But not everything is better for being fast.
~ Holly Black
The idea that I can untangle everything seems as impossible as spinning straw in to gold, but each night I stay awake until the sun is high in the sky, trying my hardest to do just that.
~ Holly Black
Jamás es igual que para siempre»
~ Holly Black
Por mucho que te empeñes, no conseguirás que la luna se ponga o salga más deprisa.
~ Holly Black
Rendirse no es motivo de vergüenza.
~ Holly Black
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place," she reads. "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
~ Holly Black
So much of winning is waiting.
~ Holly Black
One of the hardest things to do as a spy, a strategist, or even just as a person, is wait.
~ Holly Black
Since I never intended to quit, it's nice to have someone making all this effort to get me to do something I would have done anyway.
~ Holly Black
I'm in love with someone, & none of it will go away.The memories bombard me every day.The dreams haunt me every night.
~ Unknown
If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time to pursue them is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses.
~ Holly Lisle
Hades is relentless and unyielding.
~ Homer
You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
~ Homer Simpson