Quotes About Perseverance

I would like to dedicate this award to a young man who has been on my mind for the last 19 years: Ross. Ross didn't love me. I was pigeon-toed, I had a sway back, I was slightly cross-eyed, buck-toothed, I sucked my thumb. Look at me now, Ross! Look at me now!

As for Cash and me, it's a never-ending, ever-evolving process--I believe that's known as "marriage".

Being brave isn't about being unafraid. It's about functioning through the fear.

Jessica Andersen

Maimonides, the medieval writer, says you can try three times for a reconciliation before giving up and that's enough, then you can stop.

The truth as I see it is that people can both struggle and remain upbeat simultaneously, through even the most soul-testing of challenges.

What parts of this life are you willing to give up, so you can keep on living?

she walked from ten to twenty miles a day on concrete in the 915,000-square-foot complex for $11.25 an hour.

You are finally debt free and living in your forever home! No more freezing in the desert or in Kansas! No more cramped spaces. Like I always say when I hang up the phone: I love you Patti. I will miss you dearly.

Inevitably bouts with obstacles offer discouragement as you cut every tether holding you from freedom.

But for them—as for anyone—survival isn't enough.

The workers' shifts last ten hours or longer, during which some walk more than fifteen miles on concrete floors, stooping, squatting, reaching, and climbing stairs as they scan, sort, and box merchandise.

Some people with blogs are never going to get famous, and they've been doing it for, like, over a year. I feel bad for them.

I've faced worse than a dressmaker who breaths fire.

Never look back, never forget.

it's all right," Celie said quietly. "Prince Khelsh's rooms are very small, and dark, and poorly furnished.

My love, my love, do not forsake me. ~Anthea Cross-Thornley

Nothing great ever comes easy.

Training is full-on. Some days I really don't want to get out of bed and hit that track again. Sunday and Monday morning sessions are always horrible. But who really looks forward to going to work on a Monday morning?

Caro: Are you sure, Philippe? I do love you, but we're so different. It won't be easy. Philippe: No it won't be. But who wants easy when they can have incredible? Yes, we'll have to work through some tough bits, but won't that be worth it when we see what an amazing life we can build together?

There's an important difference between GIVING UP and LETTING GO! - Jessica Hatchingan.

We had this angry phone conversation where he said something like, "We've been working on this thing for a whole month, and it's still not finished." It's funny in retrospect, because we were still working on it 3 years later.

When I got done, I'm looking at these two floppies that look just the same. And I decided that I might have written onto the good one from the bad, and I did. So I had lost it all. I went back to my hotel room. I slept for a while. I got up about 10:00 a.m. or so. I sat down and, out of my head and my listings, recreated everything, got it working again, and we showed it at the show.

It's better to be young because you can spend a lot more nights, very, very late. Because you have to get things done, and there's almost no other way to get around that. When the times come, they are critical.