Quotes About Perseverance

I'll admit that writing doesn't always come, but I'm totally against walking around looking at the sky when you're experiencing a block, waiting for inspiration to strike you. Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov didn't like each other and agreed on very few things, but they were of one opinion on this: you had to write constantly. If you can't write a major work, write minor trifles. If you can't write at all, orchestrate something.

The truth is that the war helped. The war brought great sorrow and made life very very hard. Much sorrow, many tears. But it had been even harder before the war, because then everyone was alone in his sorrow.

Sve dok se ?ovek bori, postoji mogu?nost da pobedi; sve dok je živ, ima pravo da se nada.

Borac život iznova zapo?inje svakog trenutka, kako ga i okon?ava.

We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.

Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.

Sometimes you must cross a bridge and other times you need to burn it. But, always keep building one and never lose your faith in life.

We are like the little branch that quivers during a storm, doubting our strength and forgetting we are the tree — deeply rooted to withstand all of life's upheavals.

The dreams of the broken are mightier than the wishes of the dead.

Anyone can promise the stars. Only you can reach them.

Get angry, get furious but never crumble to resentment.

I smile when I look back at the troubles that have strengthened me. What seems to be insurmountable struggles then are now beautiful ornaments illuminating my soul.

Every day you either see a scar or courage. Where you dwell will define your struggle.

Allow yourself a moment of grief when life's misfortunes visit you. However, do not spend your days building a monument in honor of them.

You can find inspiration from others but determination is solely your responsibility.

An angry daughter...is like an angry hen. The more you chase, the harder it is to catch her. You wait, and be patient, and hope that eventually she comes to you.

No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.

Don't forget, for every drop of rain a flower grows!

I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up the rain.

Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren't in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.