Quotes About Persistence

Because even one small island of success in a river of failure is worth whatever we have to do to achieve it.

It was a strange way of killing, not by inches, but by fractions of hairbreadths, to beguile me with the spectre of a hope, through eighteen years!

I have a single wish, and my whole being and faculties are yearning to attain it. They have yearned towards it so long, and so unwaveringly, that I'm convinced it will be reached — and soon — because it has devoured my existence: I am swallowed up in the anticipation of its fulfillment.

It is a long fight, I wish it were over!

I have dreamt in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

Podrán sepultarme, si quieren, a doce pies de profundidad y hasta ponerme la iglesia encima, pero yo no me quedaré allí hasta que tú estés conmigo.

I have a good many books on hand, but I am sorry to say that as usual I make small progress with any.

The young man evidently thought it too bad that he should be laughed at for his ignorance, and then laughed at for trying to remove it. 

Take any form, haunt me, drive me crazy but never leave me in this abyss where I can not find you.

How often am I to call you? There are only a few red ashes now. Joseph! come this moment.' Vigorous puffs, and a resolute stare into the grate, declared he had no ear

But, Heathcliff, if I dare you now, will you venture?  If you do, I'll keep you.  I'll not lie there by myself: they may bury me twelve feet deep, and throw the church down over me, but I won't rest till you are with me.  I never will!

What you touch at present you may have; but my soul will be on that hill-top before you lay hands on me again.

Ve ya??yorsam eÄŸer, ben onda ya??yorum. Her ÅŸey yok olup kaybolsa, geriye sadece bir o kalsa, ben de var olmaya devam ederdim. Ama her ÅŸey yerinde kald??? halde sadece o yok olsa, bu koca evren ba??ma y?k?l?r, varl???m? sürdüremezdim.

Oh my darling one, how long you wander from me, how weary I grow of waiting and looking, and calling for you; sometimes I shut my eyes, and shut my heart towards you, and try hard to forget you because you grieve me so, but you'll never go away, oh you never will.

You cannot put a fire out! A thing that can ignite can go itself- without a flame- E'en through the darkest night!

Who never lost, are unprepared

The brain within its groove Runs evenly and true; But let a splinter swerve, 'T were easier for you To put the water back When floods have slit the hills, And scooped a turnpike for themselves, And blotted out the mills!

Dich hab ich nicht erreicht- Doch nähert Tag für Tag Sich dir mein Fuß Drei Flüsse noch und ein Berg Ich überqueren muss. Noch Eine Wüste, noch ein Meer, Die Reise aber zähl ich nicht, Wenn ich dann vor Dir steh. Wir schreiten leicht, wie Schnee wir stehen, die Wasser murmeln leis. Flüsse, Wüsten, Berg und Meer sind von uns durchlaufen. Doch Tod entreißt mir meinen Preis, Dich schauend, er gewinnt.

I read my sentence - steadily . . .

The will is always near, dear, though the feet vary.

Solo busco una vida que dejé, ¿sigue ahí todavía?»

Victory comes late, And is held low to freezing lips Too rapt with frost To take it.

If your never deny you, go above your nerve.

punctual as a star