Quotes About Perseverance

I desideri sono la cosa più importante che abbiamo e non si può prenderli in giro più di tanto. Così, alle volte, vale la pena di non dormire per star dietro a un proprio desiderio. Si fa la schifezza e poi la si paga. e solo questo è davvero importante: che quando arriva il momento di pagare uno non pensi a scappare e stia lì, dignitosamente, a pagare.

Non c'è più tempo per fuggire e forza per resistere

Sono qui perché se mi arrendo questa volta mi arrenderò tutta la vita.

Non c'è eroismo nelle pene che ci si infligge da soli.

Aangezien wanhoop een buitensporigheid was die hij niet kende, boog hij zich over datgene wat er was overgebleven van zijn leven, en begon dat opnieuw te verzorgen, met de onwrikbare vasthoudendheid van een tuinman aan het werk, de ochtend na de storm.

Maybe you're not the failure you think you are after all...

Non è un problema di fatica, di paura della fatica, di rammollimento. Ve lo ripeto: per Monsieur Bertin quella fatica era un piacere. Aveva bisogno di sentirsi stanco, di quel tour de force lo rendeva grande, e sicuro di sé.

Non se ne doveva dedurre che avessero cambiato idea: sarebbe stato in ogni caso troppo faticoso. Una volta deciso, non si cambiava mai, in quella casa, per evidenti ragioni di economia delle emozioni.

C'erano un sacco di altre cose di cui non si doveva più occupare. Era come uno di quei cavalli che, scosso il fantino, tornano indietro, svagati, al piccolo trotto, mentre gli altri sono ancora a farsi scoppiare il cuore inseguendo un traguardo e un qualsiasi ordine d'arrivo.

True love would look a second time. True love would not be thwarted. True love would not accept no for an answer.

True love would look a second time. True love would not be thwarted. True love would not accept no for an answer. He would search the world and certainly look again and again in every cottage until he finds you.

I'm fine. I have bad dreams but I never saw Mister Duck again. I play video games. I got my thousand-yard stare. I carry a lot of scars. I like the way that sounds. I carry a lot of scars.

Courage is accepting your fear and doing whatever needs to be done anyway. Cowards are people who can't face up to their fear and let it get the better of them. There's always a place for courage. There's always something that can be done. You might not see it right away. Sooner or later something comes to mind that can help you through it. You make up your mind that it's okay to be afraid and you are going to be all right. Then you do what has to be done. That's courage.

Playboy stretched his arm, patting Carlos on the back. Well, you know what they say: If you love someone, let'em go. If they don't come back, hunt'em down and kill'em!

Don't worry about it. Just look ahead to the next question. You didn't get here by accident. You passed the test. You deserve to be here. These categories maybe don't line up with your areas of expertise. But you're bright. Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.

I don't like to use the words batting or fighting when talking about cancer. It suggests that there are only two outcomes: winning and losing. If you don't get well, then you are a loser. If you have decided to stop treatment, you are giving up. That's nonsense....It is not a fair fight. Not even close. It is simple biology. You get treatment and you get better. Or you don't. And neither outcome is an indication of your strength as a person.

most of the great accomplishments of the world have not been made by people who were certain.

Don't worry about it. Just look ahead to the next question. You didn't get here by accident. You passed the test. You deserve to be here. These categories maybe don't line up with your areas of expertise. But your bright. Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.

Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.

That's unfortunate. Because most of the great accomplishments of the world have not been made by people who were certain. The accomplishments have come about as a result of people who had doubts. I don't know if this is going to work. I don't know how to solve this problem. And then they work on it. As opposed to, Well, this is the way to solve the problem.

Dantes. He became Number 34.

Since we are sinking, let us sink. We can die but once.

Good Heaven! That is enough to drive away all my pains; I could mount him with thirty balls in my body. On my soul, handsome stirrups!

He took with him into private life his enemies and his wounds, the only profits that generally accrue to honest people who are guilty of having worked for their country rather than for themselves.