Quotes About Perseverance

The trouble with crying over an onion is that once the chopping gets you started and the tears begin to well up, the next thing you know you just can't stop.

Hay muchas maneras de poner a secar una caja de cerillos húmeda, pero puede estar segura de que tiene remedio

Y juró ante su tumba que ella nunca renunciaría al amor

Decidió darle utilidad al estambre en lugar de desperdiciarlo y rabiosamente tejió y lloró, y lloró y tejió, hasta que en la madrugada terminó la colcha y se la echó encima. De nada sirvió. Ni esa noche ni muchas otras mientras vivió logró controlar el frí

The only thing that had saved her then was knitting. In prison she had become a compulsive knitter. Knitting allowed her to unite, to connect, to integrate. With every stitch she held on to dear life. Threads hold us together.

La vida le había enseñado que la cosa no era tan fácil, que son pocos los que pasándose de listos logran realizar sus deseos a costa de lo que sea, y que obtener el derecho de determinar su propia vida le iba a costar más trabajo del que se imaginaba.

Lo malo de llorar cuando uno pica cebolla no es el simple hecho de llorar, sino que a veces uno empieza, como quien dice, se pica, y ya no puede parar.

Tú, todo tú, eres amor incandescente. Amor que no muere. Amor que permanece. Amor que no duele, aunque en este instante me encuentre llorando.

Ale czasem serce pewnych osób mo?e przemeni? siÄ™ w kamieÅ". Z jednej strony dobrze, ?eby serce byÅ'o stanowcze, ?eby nie wzruszaÅ'o siÄ™ byÅ'e czym, ale nie powinno by? zbyt twarde, bo wówczas zbyt wiele vzasu bÄ™dtie potrzebowa?, by zrozumie? prawdÄ™, by zapÅ'on?? miÅ'oÅ›ciÄ….

Life had taught her that it was not that easy; there are few prepared to fulfill their desires whatever the cost, and the right to determine the course of one's own life would take more effort than she had imagined. That battle she had to fight alone, and it weighed on her.

I meant us," she whispered. "I destroyed us." His fingers tightened against her cheek. "I'm not destroyed." Her breath stopped. "I'm scarred." He withdrew his hand and closed it carefully into a fist at his side. Again it slid in search of a pocket, but found none in which to bury itself. "I'm battered. But I'm still standing, Kai.

That's the key, you know. If you think about the pain to come, you'll just give up. So you take it hour by hour, minute by minute, and the only thing you have through all of it is your team." Elizabeth

It can't beat us! Pa said. Can't it, Pa? Laura asked stupidly. No, said Pa. It's got to quit sometime and we don't. It can't lick us. We won't give up. Then Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Where a light can't live, I know I can't.

It's work, son, Father said. That's what money is; it's hard work.

Roma tidaklah dibangun dalam waktu sehari. Begitu juga sebuah jalan kereta api. Atau hal-hal lain yang menyenangkan dalam hidup ini. - Charles Ingalls

Maybe everything comes out all right, if you keep on trying. Anyway, you have to keep on trying; nothing will come out right if you don't.

and the "Devil's Hornpipe.

Oh, Charles!" Ma said. "What will we do?" Pa slumped down on a bench and said, "I don't know.

Why, I guess you can," Ma said doubtfully. She did not like to see women working in the fields. Only foreigners did that. Ma and her girls were Americans, above doing men's work.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Success gets to be a habit, like anything else a fellow keeps on doing.

When a man undertakes a job, he has to stick to it till he finishes it. If