Quotes About Perseverance

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.

If you don't pass through anything in life, you can't be anything.

For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.

Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late.

Breathe. It's only a bad day not a bad life.

Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.

Life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

What an awful thing life is, isn't it? It's like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless.

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

Hang on to this with your life: "In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.

In life, there are no shortcuts to joy. Anything that is worth pursuing requires us to suffer just a little bit.

In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me, until the last small twig has grown.

In life, the things that go wrong are often the very things that lead to other things going right.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.

For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like a fox. And play like a rabbit.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.