Quotes About Perseverance

Armstrong squinted.

I am like the pencil I constantly sharpen with a knife; I am just a dull nub of the person I was.

You've climbed higher mountains than I ever had to climb, but you have one more mountain to climb, and you know it. The past is always the highest peak, and the hardest to scale. But when you finally pull yourself to the top and peer over the edge, there's nothing before you but the rest of your life.

It could be so cruel, hope. But for twenty years it was all she'd had to hold on to, the only thing to push back the darkness that lingered on the periphery, searching for every opportunity to enshroud her.

Her muscles cramped and eventually seized. When

comprehension.

Robert Dugoni

I figured if God wasn't going to listen in Vietnam, when I needed him most, I wasn't gonna keep asking.

you didn't get that self-assurance by just getting up every day and driving into an office. It came from competition, from putting yourself at risk of losing, then winning anyway.

I've been to hell, and I didn't see any sign of God. After a while you stop looking. You figure it out on your own.

But I know you. You'll hem and haw for a bit, but in the end, you'll go because you hate to lose—at anything.

Eldar never had the discipline her father had, nor did he appreciate hard work. He quit too easily. He wanted things handed to him, and he usually got them.

I guess that's why they run the races," he said, "to see which horse actually wins.

My coach told me, in a not so ringing endorsement, "How can I cut a kid who tries so hard with so little success?" I didn't care.

We keep trying to get Tracy to make it official and come down here full-time to train the newbies. What do you say, Tracy?" "Same as always, Lazar. I'll come when people stop killing each other." "Right, and when farts stop smelling.

choke, and pulled the rip cord. The engine cranked, sputtered, and died. He made sure the gear was in neutral and the

I realized that just because things hadn't worked out as I'd planned didn't mean things couldn't work out at all.

We have not been called to hold the fort, but to storm the heights.

A few people so dedicated in time will shake the world for God. Victory is never won by the multitudes.

There is always a way, if the desire be coupled with courage," answered the Cimmerian

In the old free days all I wanted was a sharp sword and a straight path to my enemies. Now no paths are straight and my sword is useless.

When I cannot stand alone, it will be time to die," he mumbled, through mashed lips. "But I'd like a flagon of wine.

Well, I like a good hater. But that can wait.

When I cannot stand alone, it will be time to die," he mumbled, through mashed lips. "But I'd like a flagon of wine. Conan- Rogues in the House