Quotes About Perseverance

He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.

As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.

To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful.

In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.

Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot. The damn thing is, I've never felt better in my life.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

Failure's a natural part of life.

You will fall many times in life, but you will pick yourself up and become stronger and wiser for each trouble you pass.

Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.

Looking back, my life so far seems like one long obstacle race, with me as its chief obstacle.

Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.

Going on with life, it only gets more and more intense as time goes by - and the challenges only multiply.

Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times.

You're going to make mistakes in life. It's what you do after the mistakes that counts.

No matter what it is, you're going to have the bad days, but if you have hope throughout, you won, no matter what the results, Life is so beautiful.

People say that life is a cesspool of darkness and dispair. Well we of Van Halen are sailing through it in a yacht!

Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes.

I'll always push myself because that's the journey of life. We do go through things. Some of it's incredibly great and some of it's really bad.

Sometimes, Just when we need them, life wraps metaphors up in little bows for us. When you think all is lost, the things you need the most return unexpectedly.

No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don't worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever.

Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.

Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter!

Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.

You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.