Quotes About Perseverance

It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top.

His will was weakening; he recognised the signs.

Regardless of how black the page, he had always managed to turn it and move on to a new chapter in his life.

when they're bathed in blood everyday you can't expect them to rise from it stainless the next morning.

Robert Masello

twenty yards to go—he could see a laundry truck rumbling by on the street—and

your business.

His days as a globe-trotting epidemiologist might be over—Dr. Levinson had made that perfectly clear—but his efforts to save Lantos, and now Nika, had reminded him of the satisfaction to be had from healing just one person. What was that old Hebrew proverb he'd once heard Dr. Levinson herself say—"If you save one life, it's the same as saving the whole world." Right now the only life he wanted to save, even more than his own, was Nika's.

Saint Anthony the Anchorite?

jockey was whipping it mercilessly, but the horse was falling farther behind every second. And the black one, a frisky colt, was simply holding its own, hoping to make it to the finish line without any greater exertion. Nightingale's Song, however, was not spent at all; indeed, the horse seemed only

Robert Masello

She tried to cry out, but her throat was so parched that only a croak emerged. She took a swig from her canteen, wiped the dust from her face with another splash, then shouted, "Here! It's here!

were fighting grimly, and at huge cost, to reclaim the ground lost at the beginning of the war. The fierce battle over a little town called Saint-Lô, in

Despite all the sailing he had done in his life, he knew that he remained a wretched sailor—once he had absentmindedly run his craft onto the shoals, another time into a buoy—and to make matters worse, he could hardly swim a stroke. It was a skill that he had always meant to acquire, but never managed to find time for.

clambered to the top of a pile of ruins, feeling his way over broken bricks and burnt timbers and shattered glass. His

Once you've experienced the joy of taking the first step, you can decide whether it's appropriate to take another. You'll know you're ready when your current step becomes automatic, effortless, and even pleasurable. But don't let anyone pressure you... If you ever feel yourself dreading the activity or making excuses for not performing it, it's time to cut back on the size of the step.

Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. " -Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Radikální zm?na je jako výstup na strmý kopec - vítr vás m?že strhnout d?íve, než v?bec vystoupíte na vrchol, nebo pomyšlení na všechnu tu námahu zp?sobí, že se vzdáte ješt? d?íve, než jste za?ali.

Když budete postupovat malými kroky, tak nepatrnými, že vám budou p?ipadat triviální nebo dokonce sm?šné, m?žete v klidu obeplout všechny p?ekážky, které vás p?edtím dokázaly porazit.

Confront the difficult when it is still easy; Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts." -TAO TE CHING

I had some time ago decided that the money-makers on the grand scale are monomaniacs and fanatics and self-willed.

Do I bludgeon my brains against this wall or do I find some way to get through my days with value?

At Crisis the protagonist's willpower is most severely tested. As we know from life, decisions are far more difficult to make than actions are to take. We often put off doing something for as long as possible, then as we finally make the decision and step into the action, we're surprised by its relative ease. We're left to wonder why we dreaded doing it until we realize that most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.