Quotes About Persistence

He who knows how to wait need make no concessions.

we can never give up; we only exchange one thing for another

The voice of the intellect is soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may be optimistic about the future of mankind.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest till it has gained a hearing. Finally, after a countless succession of rebuffs, it succeeds.

Was man nicht erfliegen kann, muß man erhinken. . . . . . . Die Schrift sagt, es ist keine Sünde zu hinken.

No writing is ever wasted, you used to say. Even if something doesn't work out and you end up throwing it away, as a writer you always learn something. Here

No writing is ever wasted, you used to say. Even if something doesn't work out and you end up throwing it away, as a writer you always learn something.

In her soul, sin continued to exist, like roots of a weed intertwined in the soil. It no longer blossomed or flared up or smelled fragrant, but it was still there in the soil.

There is an animal in all of us who knows how to survive.

I can remember everything about that moment because she gave me simple advice that guided me then, and still does to this day. 'If it's difficult for you,' she said, 'just take it all slowly. Take things step by step.

As a tool for dealing with the lows I stick to my mantra. I put one foot in front of the other and take a step. I do something – anything.

A problem worthy of attack Proves its worth by fighting back. Piet Hein

An expert problem solver must be endowed with two incompatible qualities – a restless imagination and a patient pertinacity. Howard W. Eves

We must be content to grow slowly. Most of us will still barely be at the beginning of our recovery by the time we die. But that is better than killing ourselves pretending to be healthy.

Sobrevivir era un trabajo que requería todas las horas del día

Perfection is the child of time.—BISHOP JOSEPH HALL, WORKS

History took hold of me and never let me go thereafter.

Art and science do not establish themselves despite failure but through it;

To will is to engage myself to persevere in my will.

Hay que esperar siempre que el azúcar se disuelva, que el recuerdo se esfume, que la herida cicatrice, que el sol se oculte, que el fastidio se disipe.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is to running.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running. Where it is lacking there are no real students, but only poor caricatures of apprentices who, at the end of their apprenticeship, will not even have a trade.

How much time do you devote to thinking each day?

The death agony is the supreme dark night which is necessary even for the perfect if they are to attain to absolute purity, and for that reason it is better that it should be bitter.