Quotes About Perseverance

Having already worked in publishing for a number of years, I was not naive when I entered the submission fray. I knew I would have only one chance to submit my fiction to my agent, and that she would have only one chance to submit it to publishers. So I held on to it, revising and polishing obsessively over twenty-three drafts before I shared it with my agent.

Publishing your first fiction is somewhat like sailing during hurricane season.

Hey, any day you get through the afternoon here's a good day.

I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.

A man does what he must—in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures—and that is the basis of all human morality." —Winston Churchill

There's another million upon success.

Douglas E. Richards

Some people melted under pressure and some reacted to its squeeze by turning into diamond,

Smith in frustration. "If all she wanted was muscle, she could

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are." ?—Arthur Golden

Some people melted under pressure and some reacted to its squeeze by turning into diamond, becoming battle hardened.

These struggles required teamwork, innovation, and advancement.

Douglas E. Richards

I've taken such a giant step onto that slope that I've slid straight down to the cesspool at its bottom.

We'll wait until he crouches down to bind us,

Patton said: Pressure makes diamonds.

she whispered through the pain,

Winston Churchill had once famously pointed out that nothing in life was as exhilarating as being shot at without result.

He had read a description of the life of a novelist, and decided his life wasn't too far different. Writing is easy, Gene Fowler had famously observed. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

In most jobs, one learned from one's mistakes. Unfortunately, in our job, a single mistake usually led to a swift death, and corpses were notoriously stubborn when it came to learning from bad experiences.

Nick, no matter what, we'll find a way to cure you of your

And there can be no triumph without the possibility of defeat.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Maybe it would be well understood in this far future time that resilience, determination, refusal to accept defeat, and ability to bounce back from tragedy were the hallmarks of the human condition.