Quotes About Perseverance

This strength, this enlivening influence, this spiritual change does not come to us just because we work harder or longer hours. It comes as a result of working smarter, working in conjunction with the Lord God Omnipotent. President Brigham Young testified, "My faith is, when we have done all we can, then the Lord is under obligation, and will not disappoint the faithful; He will perform the rest.

That he has an unconquerable spirit, that he has great courage, that he is fearless, that he takes responsibility for his actions, and that he has self-discipline. Discipline means that he has the rigor to develop control and mastery over his mind and over his body, and that he has the capacity to withstand pain, both psychological and physical. He is willing to suffer to achieve what he wants to achieve.

Real strategists are warriors and must be willing and able to fight battles, to "see the elephant," as Civil War soldiers were fond of saying.

I hope to have God on my side; but I must have Kentucky," Lincoln reputedly said.

He wanted to bring up his plan for a retreat, but something told him not to. "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" he opened instead. "Yes," Grant replied chewing on a cigar. "Lick 'em tomorrow, though."75

Robert Leckie

The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.

The flower that follows the sun does so even on cloudy days

If we didn't have strong feelings, how could we love or fight? When our flesh is cut, we bleed. When our heart is broken, we cry. There's nothing wrong with that. It only becomes a problem when it gets in the way of what you have to do. You can't crumble when others are counting on you.

Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid

Live to fight another day was an expression that did not take nto account the loved one who would die because you didn't continue fighting today.

It's the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward.

You are not a mere spectator at a contest between cancer cells and killer drugs. Your attitude is important. Your will to get healthy. People give up; sometimes it seems easier to die than hang in there, go the distance... You've got to be your own hero. People need to find things inside themselves they never knew were there.

To the success of our hopeless cause

If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly.

Failure is a path, not a destination.

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.

Here lies one who meant well, tried a little, failed much:—surely that may be his epitaph of which he need not be ashamed.

Our mission in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in the best of spirits.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means.

Saints are sinners who kept on going.