Quotes About Perseverance

Only if you count bruises," Min said grimly. "They were upset, all right, at first. Then they saw Moiraine staring off toward Rand's hidey-hole, and decided it was his work. If the Dragon wants to shake the mountain down on our heads, then the Dragon must have a good reason for it. If he decided to make them take off their skins and dance in their bones, they would think it all right." She snorted and rapped the spoon on the edge of the kettle.

Strangely, she still felt no fear. She thought if she survived this, she would never feel fear again.

Your flesh will wither, but you are your heart and mind, and they do not change except to grow stronger.

three, and while he breathed, he could not abandon Elayne or Egwene.

Aemon had sent out messengers. Aid was promised if they could hold for but three days at the Tarendrelle. Hold for three days against odds that should overwhelm them in the first hour. Yet somehow, through bloody assault and desperate defense, they held through an hour, and the second hour, and the third. For three days they fought, and though the land became a butcher's yard, no crossing of the Tarendrelle did they yield.

And so he did. He wished he could protect them better, but he would simply have to carry that burden. The secret, it turned out, had not been to harden himself to the point of breaking. It had not been to become numb. It had been to walk in pain, like the pain of the wounds at his side, and accept that pain as part of him.

These days, only the heat of anger gave him the strength to keep moving.

Maighdin knows she has to be careful," she said in a firm voice. "She will be here soon, Alliandre." "And if she is caught?" "She won't be!" Faile said sharply. If she was. . . . No. She had to think of victory, not defeat. Faint hearts never won. (Crossroads of Twilight, The Wheel of Time series, book 10 by Robert Jordan)

What had to be endured, could be.

We can't go back, Mat. The Wheel has turned, for better or worse. And it will keep on turning, as lights die and forests dim, storms call and skies break. Turn it will. The Wheel is not hope, and the Wheel does not care, the Wheel simply is. But so long as it turns, folk may hope, folk may care. For with light that fades, another will eventually grow, and each storm that rages must eventually die. As long as the Wheel turns. As long as it turns.

Thom chuckled. "We can't go back, Mat. The Wheel has turned, for better or worse. And it will keep on turning, as lights die and forests dim, storms call and skies break. Turn it will. The Wheel is not hope, and the Wheel does not care, the Wheel simply is. But so long as it turns, folk may hope, folk may care. For with light that fades, another will eventually grow, and each storm that rages must eventually die. As long as the Wheel turns. As long as it turns. . . .

Las heridas infligidas al orgullo se recuerdan mucho más tiempo que las del cuerpo.

Aan'allein morirá el día que sepa que habéis muerto.

No point in crying when the iron split; you just reforged it.

Well, we'll survive, the Light willing." Some grinned and added, "And if the Light doesn't will, we'll still survive.

own ears alone. "They cannot possibly take it, but. . . ." She took a

Well, heroes got patted on the head, then pushed out of the way until the next time a hero was needed, if they survived being a hero in the first place. Very often, heroes did not.

Women are a maze through briars in the night

Here or there, it is the same fight, I think," Loial

Luchar contra el Oscuro mientras el hierro conserve su dureza y haya piedras a mano. Defender a los malkieri mientras quede una gota de sangre en las venas. Vengar lo que no pueda defenderse.»

For as long as I live and after.

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect. Hold

You hammered the iron that lay on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.

It could crush you, that despair. But the act of creating something—anything—fought back.