Quotes About Perseverance

If you only believe when it's easy, you don't really believe.

They say not to look back, but if you're not sure what lies ahead, what else is there but looking back?

I cannot do it. I cannot bear it. I cannot go back to what I was here. I cannot stand at her side and watch another take her. I am not that strong or that good.

Because everything worth having hurts.

You fight so hard, so long, to cut someone out of your heart, but it's not always your heart that betrays you.

Laurell K. Hamilton

You awful hard to kill, Anita.' 'There's a first time, Luther, and that's all it takes.

I'll do my bit tonight, but forgive me if it's a little harder to keep going than normal. Forgive me if I'm not superwoman after all. Not superwoman? he exclaimed, putting a hand on his chest in mock surprise. You've lied to me all these years!

It all adds up; never discount your efforts, because small efforts build big things. One word doesn't make a novel, but one word does begin a novel, and from that small beginning everything else follows. Even if it's just 'The', write something on that blank page.

I try not to be cruel, just persistent. There are days when the difference is pretty damn slight.

There's Only so much emotional super glue in a person's soul, that everything just stays broken.

Nill illigitamus carborundum

I hate being awake at three in the morning. It is the godforsaken heart of darkness when the body runs slow, and the brain runs slower, and all you want to do is sleep. But I had promises to keep, and miles to go before I could sleep. Or at least a couple of miracles to perform before I could go to bed.

She doesn't understand what she's asking, Jean-Claude said. No, but she asks, and if we do not do it, we will always wonder. I would rather thy and fail than regret having never tried at all.

when you live forever and don't age, it gives you time to hope

Most of the time you're ass deep in alligators.

Love doesn't conquer all, but it can help you conquer everything else.

Can you speed this up? I want to get to bed. A slight frown appeared between his eyes. Anita, you are not making this easy. Hurrah, I said. The frown smoothed out as he sighed. You would think I would give up on you ever being easy. Yes, I said, you would. Anita and Jean-Claude

What makes people is not bone structure and eye color, but the force of their personalities. the years of experience painted on their faces.

We can order him to make appointments and talk to someone, but we can't force him to actually do the work. You've got to be willing to work on your issues. You've got to be willing to face hard truths and fight to get better. that takes courage and force of will. (Anita)

If you are following Deity's plan for you, it isn't always the easy path; sometimes it's the hard one. So why follow? Because to do any less is to betray your own abilities and gifts, and the faith that Deity has in you. Who would do that willingly?

I was new and didn't realize that brand new writers are treated like light bulbs; when one burns out, you can always buy more, screw the next one in, and it lights up just as bright. No, I am not being too harsh about how publishing treats new writers. If anything I'm toning it down. Sorry, for all you aspiring authors out there, but truth is truth, it is a hard business. Shine up the armor around your ego, harden your heart, keep your head down, and write.

Slow is steady. Steady is smooth. Smooth is fast. Fast is deadly.

I prefer the word thriver, because I'm not just surviving, I'm thriving