Quotes About Perseverance

The Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.

Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.

The tortoise moves very slowly, it moves towards whatever the goal is, to keep a democratic capitalistic society functioning.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and move forward.

It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.

Make a firm decision: 'Whatever happens, I will be happy. I will be strong. God is always with me.'

Our attitude should be: Whatever happens I will remain strong, courageous and happy.

They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.

Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more meaningful.

Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy.

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.

This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon social and spiritual humiliation.

In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.

Don't pole-vault over mouse turds.

How much harder it is to bear one's splendor than one's miseries!

Healing can be a long and winding road or a straightforward march to the finish line.

God is very merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for spiritual realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.

For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air.

If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.

Lord help me to begin to begin.