Quotes About Perseverance

F?r? încercare nu exist? eÈ™ec, iar f?r? eÈ™ec, umilin??.

Patron Saint of Failures St Birgitta of Sweden.

excellence and, 'if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat'.

Knowing that something difficult is being attempted doesn't rob the wise of ambition, but it makes them more steadfast, calmer and less prone to panic about the problems that will invariably come their way. The wise rarely expect anything to be wholly easy or to go entirely well.

All the effort went into getting there and then I had nothing left. I thought I'd got somewhere, then I found I had to go on.

Too late. It was all too late. But she went on, determined as ever and always trying to catch up.

One does try not to be an Old Git but they don't make it easy.

Asked where his inspiration came from, he said fiercely: 'It doesn't come, Your Majesty. You have to go out and fetch it.

Kyetäkseen kirjoittamaan ihmisen on oltava sitkeä.

God didn't give man wings; He gave him the brain and the spirit to give himself wings. Just as He gave us the capacity to laugh when we hurt, or to struggle on when we feel like giving up. "I've come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death . . . is the true measure of the Divine within us.

We are together, all else can be endured.

God didn't give man wings; He gave him the brain and the spirit to give himself wings. Just as He gave us the capacity to laugh when we hurt, or to struggle on when we feel like giving up.

He had the look, it seemed to me, of a man who had awakened one day to find himself clinging to the cattle catcher of an express train: under the circumstances, all one could do was to hang on.

Her depression had given way to a characteristic determination. "I may never leave Kalaupapa," she told Kenji, "but a part of me is damn well getting out of here." Her husband agreed. Once he'd aspired to make his mark on the world. "This," he admitted, "is the only way I ever will.

Somehow it all works out.

Completion is an attitude, not an event.

Humility moves more mountains than arrogance.

Integrity is a high rock above which the stormy ocean of worldly troubles cannot rise.

Nothing in the world is permanent, including hard times. Hang in there, be kind to yourself, stay connected to your spiritual source, and you will emerge with unexpected gifts. That's a promise.

Putting your foot down is a prerequisite to stepping ahead

If you keep asking, eventually someone will say yes

Fight for your valued goal instead of fighting against the situation you do not prefer.

Keeping your commitment to your purpose does not depend on other people keeping theirs.

En la eternidad las demoras no importan, pero en el tiempo son ciertamente trágicas». (T-5.VI.1:3).