Quotes About Perseverance

Is neamhbhuan cogadh na gcarad; má bhíonn sé crua, ní bhíonn sé fada

It was well before sunrise. But all you had to do was wait. Patience was a weapon. If you waited long enough, the dawn would come.

What are your initial thoughts, Duffy?" he asked. "It was freezing out there, sir. Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, we had to eat the horses, we're lucky to be alive." "Your thoughts about the victim?

Camus said, "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Giacomina had taught her daughter that you must dig constantly for meaning in the sorrow of this life, and that this sorrow must galvanize you, not define you.

Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always.

Or maybe when she realized that he was never going to come and rescue her, she did what all strong women do. She found a way to save herself.

Marriage is like working in a coal mine. You hack away in the dark, day after day, busting rock, and you think you're not getting anywhere, and then all of a sudden, this little sliver of sunlight appears and you say to yourself, oh, that's what I've been waiting for--just a little light, just a little bit of hope--a sign, maybe, that will get me through. And...it does.

I've learned that it's fine to have expectations, and dreams are wonderful, but once in a while, it would be good to have something come my way without having to fight for it.

For Ciro, Enza would sacrifice, fight to put food on the table, worry and fret over babies, and live life in full. She had only one life to share, and one heart to give the man who most deserved it. If she took Ciro on, she was in for a struggle compared to her life with Vito, but the love of all loves was worth it.

sometimes things don't always go the way we want this side of Heaven

You just do your best, and life will follow.

Did you ever find yourself in a place in life where you had committed to something, and you couldn't make it work?

The terrible things that happen to us in this life never make any sense when we're in the middle of them, floundering, no end in sight. There is no rope to hang on to, it

The operators were bound together by what they were running from—poverty in all its forms, despair, hunger, decimated families—as well as what they hoped to gain. Their imaginations were filled with American treasures:

held hope in his heart like a hundred stars.

you must dig constantly for meaning in the sorrow of this life, and that this sorrow must galvanize you, not define you.

The terrible things that happen to us in this life never make any sense when we're in the middle of them, floundering, no end in sight.

He decided to cling to those things that were wonderful about her, and to ignore the ravages of time and insecurity, instability, and anxiety.

We need the work. We'll do a

If you face the rest of your life with the spirit you show on the trail, it will have no choice but to yield the same kind of memories and dreams.

There were times when I cursed the trail and the weather for hours. But after you sulk and consider your options, you eventually realize that you can sit there and cry, or you can walk... It doesn't matter so much if you cry or walk -- I did a lot of both -- but if you turn on your partner, you'll never make it together.

Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.

Dream until your dreams come true - Aerosmith