Quotes About Perseverance

far buon viso a cattiva sorte (to smile in the face of adversity). I

Better a scarred body than a life of regrets

What doesn't kill you will come back to finish the job.

Often, only the confidence instilled by repetition and drill can get them moving. Often, there is a fine line between preparation and bravery.

Wise is the statement that there is much we can do after we have prayed but nothing we can do until we have prayed. Thus

I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.

But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.

Life has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I've found. Fate had never dealt me personally a particularly easy time, but that was OK, that was normal. Most people, it seemed to me, took their turn to be football. Most survived. Some didn't.

In America, with all its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we do not know yet whether the sun is rising or setting for our country.

And how will you afford to buy them in the first place?" "I shall save up." "But that will take you years and years and years," said the twins. "I've got years and years and years," said Sophie.

When humans say that someone "is full of grit", they mean full of courage. Before long the sisters were to prove that they were filled with grit in both senses of the word.

That'll do, pig, that'll do.

I wanted to be a sportswriter because I loved sports and I could not hit the curve ball, the jump shot, or the opposing ball carrier.

Don't think you are a great person just because you are a star in a given sport and win all the time because the next time, you may lose—and the time after that.

A winner is someone who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say in pursuit of my goal and dreams I gave my best.

It's not how high you jump, how fast you run. All you guys here can run faster, jump higher. But I'll tell you, I can get my friend Larry Bird and the two of us will play any two of you and when it's all said and done, we will get the last laugh.

Lastly, ''Hang tough!'' Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity. If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.

Before I dozed off, I did not forget to get on my knees and thank God for helping me to live through this day and to ask His help on D+1. I would live this war one day at a time, and I promised myself that if I survived, I would find a small farm somewhere in the Pennsylvania countryside and spend the remainder of my life in quiet and peace.

For all his faults, Captain Sobel had seen that the men were highly proficient in conducting nocturnal patrols and movement. The problems associated with forced marches across country, through woods, night compass problems, errors in celestial navigation, had all been overcome in the months preceding D-Day. Prior to the invasion, Easy Company had experienced every conceivable problem of troop movement under conditions of limited visibility.

I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed. However, you adjust; you get used to the little things and hope for the best.

live today as if it was ur last and don't ever say it is impossible cos nothing great was achieved with ease

si on se laisse aller au désespoir, on finit mangé par les rêves qu'on a vécus de travers. J'ai

I have 23 top players and they are all ready to put on the jersey and work on the pitch and that makes you happy and then you have peace of mind.

Not everyone can wait: neither the sated nor the satisfied nor those without respect can wait. The only ones who can wait are people who carry restlessness around with them.