logo

Quotes About Perseverance

Till the stars grow old and our sun grows cold? Will you fight for us, lie for us, love us - and let us love you?
~ Robert A. Heinlein
When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
To die trying is the proudest humans thing.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
I've been broke even oftener than I've been wealthy. Of the two, being broke is more interesting, as a man who doesn't know where his next meal is coming from is never bored. He may be angry or several other things—but not bored. His predicament sharpens his thoughts, spurs him into action, adds zest to his life, whether he knows it or not.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
C'mon you apes, you wanna' live forever?
~ Robert A. Heinlein
We necessarily sift a great many pebbles, much sand, for each nugget—but the nuggets are the reward.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
The practical reason for continuing our system is the same as the practical reason for continuing anything: It works satisfactorily. "Nevertheless
~ Robert A. Heinlein
We necessarily sift a great many pebbles, much sand, for each nugget—but the nuggets
~ Robert A. Heinlein
But what did they appear to be doing? 'They went to work to earn the money to buy the food to get the strength to go to work to earn the money to buy the food to get the strength to go to work to get the strength to buy the food to earn the money to go to—' until they fell over dead.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Fortunately for all of us you did not stay dead.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Çaban?n kendilerinden gelmesi gerektiÄŸi fikri... ve yaÅŸad?klar? tüm sorunlar?n kendilerinden kaynakland??? gerçeÄŸi... kabul etmedikleri ya da edemeyecekleri bir ÅŸeydi.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
When I was younger, I thought I could change this world. Now I no longer think so but for emotional reasons I must keep on fighting a holding action.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
The first principle in riding a tiger is to hang on tight to its ears.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Uncertainty may be the factor that makes life tolerable. Hope is what keeps us going.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
I spent that summer pushing an idiot stick
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Come on, you apes! You wanta live forever?
~ Robert A. Heinlein
I dreamed a lot and none of it made sense; I seemed to be stuck in a comic book, the sort P.T.A. meetings pass resolutions against, and the baddies were way ahead no matter what I did.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Nóó, odpovÄ›dÄ›l Zim, dejme tomu, že jediný, co máte, je n?ž. Nebo ani to ne. Co udÄ›láte? ProstÄ› se jen pomodlíte a zhebnete? Nebo do toho pudete a donutíte ho zaplatit? Synu, tohle je opravdový - nejni to žádná Å¡achová partie, kterou m?žete vzdát, když zjistíte, že už jste moc pozadu.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Rozkazy, které dostáváte, nejsou nesplnitelné, to se jenom tak zdá, protože jsou skoro nesplnitelné.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
There are things which cannot be taught in ten easy lessons, nor popularized for the masses; they take years of skull sweat. This be treason in an age when ignorance has come into its own and one man's opinion is as good as another's.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
My husband is a brute. And I've got a cruel stepmother just like Snow White. I mean, Cinderella. And my Pop thinks I'm imaginary. But I love you all anyway because you're all I've got.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
I've been afraid so many times that I am no longer scared to be afraid again. What can't be cured must be endured.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Not bleedin' likely, Aunt Nanny Goat. I toughened my feet for karate—I can break a four-by-nine with my feet and get nary a bruise. Or run on sharp gravel.
~ Robert A. Heinlein