Quotes About Perseverance

And Everything Matters The tasks that have been entrusted to us are often difficult. Almost everything that matters is difficult, and everything matters. Worpswede, July 16, 1903 Letters to a Young Poet

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.

Dorothy looked at me and looked at me and she really said she thought my brains were a miracle. I mean she said my brains reminded her of a radio because you listen to it for days and days and you get discouradged and just when you are getting ready to smash it, something comes out that is a masterpiece.

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.

If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've never been to bed with a mosquito.

Sometimes, she thought, courage was simply a matter of putting one foot in front of another and not stopping.

Jeeta Hu Magar Jeeta Bhi Nahi.......... Marta Hu Magar Marta Bhi Nahi........... Tere Gam ME Phanaa Hone Ke Liye..... Peeta Hoon Me Zahar...........

My joy may be diminished now, but I am still alive to be more joyful ahead.

Most of the time the only difference between winning and losing is not quitting.

You'd better have a firm foundation when you go out into the world. There's no telling what you'll run into.

I'm going to stop worrying about storms. As you said, they're coming whether we like it or not. But as long as you're around, I can weather them all.

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

We are following the blacks ... And we will follow, entering, perhaps, the same time as women.

Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair.

What's left to lean together with, longing against, when life's outlines get swept away? - Imru'l-Qays

with Authorzilla.

It's just that she always seemed indestructible. I never saw her tired or upset or vulnerable. She was one of those women who can face anything the world has to throw at her.

to the landslide.

I texted to ask if she wanted to try for a quiet chat again.' Jack paused. 'She said she was fine. Nothing I can't deal with. That was classic Shirley. She thought she could take on the world all by herself.' He looked up at Holly. 'Trouble was, none of the rest of us could keep up with her.

That was his father's way. Things he couldn't change he made the best of. He said there was no point in taking on the world. He'd never win.

I can cope with politicians now I've had about 40,000 cockroaches tipped over my head. Westminster's going to be no problem.

I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime.