Quotes About Perseverance

sacrifices. And she

Waiting is a skill, just like everything else. ~Jack Reacher

He always had been.

Don't worry about why it went wrong. Just damn well put it right.

half-ton did. He said, "No one is here to work with you, boy. We're here to kick your

I guess I can dream. Hope dies last, right?

I don't know how much longer we can keep on doing it. It doesn't feel like a job for life." "It might have been, for Keever." "That's very blunt.

saying it was

Morir en el intento

10. El camino difícil

12. Nada que perder (Nothing to Lose)

15. Razones por las que morir (Worth Dying For)

one of his mother's favorite expressions started to echo in his head: When you're in a hole, stop digging.

Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth.

They train long and hard to make such eventualities very unlikely, even impossible.

Standing up for what you believe in comes has a price but backing down exacts a toll that your soul never stops paying

So there you have it: Nature is a rotten mess. But that's only the beginning. If you take your eyes off it for one second, it will kill you. Thorns, insects, fungus, worms, birds, reptiles, wild animals, raging rivers, bottomless ravines, dry deserts, snow, quicksand, tumbleweeds, sap, and mud. Rot, poison and death. That's Nature. It's a wonder you even step outside of your cabin, I said. My bravery exceeds my good sense, he said.

Spinelessness was the lack of the inner strength to endure the anguish or pain required to overcome a major obstacle or a difficult challenge.

I fell, okay? Then clawed your way out like a bad zombie movie?

Life as a writer was not what I expected. I knew no other writers. I knew no writing teachers or editors. I had to draw every last bit of strength from the exalted notions I nursed about myself.

At the time of the crucifixion, the disciples couldn't see how anything good could result; similarly, as we face struggles and trials and suffering, we sometimes can't imagine good emerging. But we've seen how it did in the case of Jesus, and we can trust it will in our case too. For instance, the greatest Christians in history seem to say that their sufferings ended up bringing them the closest to God—so this is the best thing that could happen, not the worst.

moral character gets formed through hardship, through overcoming obstacles, through enduring despite difficulties. Courage, for example, would be impossible in a world without pain. The apostle Paul testified to this refining quality of suffering when he wrote that 'suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.'13

The point of our lives in this world isn't comfort, but training and preparation for eternity. Scripture tells us that even Jesus 'learned obedience through suffering14—and if that was true for him, why wouldn't it be even more true for us?

just about every human being can reflect on his or her past and say, 'I learned from that hardship. I didn't think I would at the time, but I'm a bigger and better person for having endured it and persevered.