Quotes About Perseverance

The Latin root of decide means "to cut off all possibility." So a person who actually made a true decision to accomplish something would have no alternative but to do what they decided.

Rock bottom is solid, so that you can rest on it, which is not agreeable but is a relief after years of treading water.

Looking out on the field that morning, I didn't believe we could finish the cut. It was too big a job and I was too small a helper. But because I loved Pat and loved the farm and the Droim, because I loved that crop of barley and couldn't stand to see it spoiled, I was prepared to try. I took a deep breath and a first step and both eventually led me to the knowledge that I was capable of things bigger than I'd imagined.

It won't get any easier in five minutes." When faced with something you really don't want to do but know you should—like

Blood of my Blood," he whispered, "and bone of my bone. You carry me within ye, Claire, and ye canna leave me now, no matter what happens, You are mine, always, if ye will it or no, if ye want me or nay. Mine, and I wilna let ye go.

Forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice.

Goals are dreams with deadlines.

I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for.

It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that's the epitome of the Olympic dream.

Dar de asemenea la acea ora de indoiala am jurat in adancul sufletului meu ca voi lupta, aducandu-mi partea mea (poate partea leului) cu toata rabdarea posibila, ignorand toate dezamagirile si descurajarile, chiar daca eram sortita sa fiu invinsa in final.

And when the darkest hour came, when all Hope seemed gone, when the hearts of many failed, when the flame was no longer visible but the right of faith, still i felt a superhuman force strengthen me as my love and my confindence could have accomplished the miracles în wich no one any longer believed.

Diana Norman

It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.

There isnothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.

Get used to it. Life doesn't give, it takes. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

No revolution succeeds without sacrifice.

Tolkien worked like a painter who first pencils in a rough sketch, erases, then draws again, then fills in a more detailed drawing, then adds layers of color, working from background to foreground to final details.

In every letter, in every line, she saw him. He hadn't changed - he'd only grown into the man he'd meant to be.

And if the boat sinks?" "And if the sun explodes?" Elliot countered.

If you can stand on your own, it's better that you walk back rather than making someone from the fleet take you." Elliot rose, then swallowed the bile she tasted in her throat. "I have stood on my own for many years." He didn't look away this time, and his eyes were like a stranger's. "You're not the only one.

The secret to surviving heartbreak is finding more pressing drama.

Scarlett soon found herself leaning halfway out the window, trying to figure out how to get the shutters closed. If she killed herself trying to close these darn things, she was going to be super annoyed.

Just remember, I am not going anywhere," he said, still watching her lips. "And if you ever try to hide from me, I will not believe you are dead. I will find you. Count on it.

Pretty show, but you're wasting energy and time," Max said. "Mind if we get back to saving Horngate? You can go postal later.