Quotes About Perseverance

In the big scheme of life, who knows how things will turn out? What seems to be a disaster at the time can bring you joy you never dreamed of. What seems like a wrong road could be the right one. There are no right decisions, only decisions that seem to go more smoothly than others. There are no wrong turns, only unexpected potholes in the road. And at the end of the day, all you can do is keep moving forward even when it's only an inch at a time. - Kiki Lowenstein

The Universe is testing your resolve. Whenever we make a change, the static forces align and form a barrier.

Joanna Campbell Slan

The world breaks is always breaking our bodies bear tremendous sorrow and still we stay as long as we can

By strengthening our compassion, we give fuel to our courage and determination.

I look up to people who succeed in accomplishing their dreams.

To die on a dying Earth - I'd live, if only to weep.

I left her wallpapering her much-loved, much-tended little corner of hell.

I know you're competent and your thesis advisor knows you're competent. The question in our minds is are you really serious about what you're doing?" This was said to a young woman who had already spent five years and over $10,000 getting to that point in her Ph.D. program.

WE WUZ PUSHED.

Thus in the bad days, in the dark swampy times.

What I learned late in life, under my rain of lava, under my kill-or-cure, unhappily, slowly, stubbornly, barely, and in really dreadful pain, was that there is one and only one way to possess that in which we are defective, therefore that which we need, therefore that which we want. Become it.

I have had my share of trouble and sickness but always somewhere in me there is a little spot of warmth and joy to make it all easier, like a traveler's fire burning out in the wilderness on a cold night.

If Earth had been hit by plague, by fire, by war, by radiation, sterility, a thousand things, you name it, I'd still stand by her; I love her; I would fight every inch of the way there because my whole life is knit to her. And she'd need mourners. To die on a dying Earth- I'd live, if only to weep.

I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey.

We all want a testimony, but we'd rather skip the test that gives us one.

Guys from Roseburg could do it. Thoughts?

We'll date later … maybe next year. Until then, I'll be the guy fucking you. And the guy who bandages up your feet. You can cry on me, too, but I'm not gonna let you dump me until we've had a real chance. Sooner or later, you'll be ready to live again. I can wait.

Maybe I should stand outside the Adam & Eve store holding a sign reading "Single Mom, Anything Helps" and a cup for change.

the wall. Then he grabbed his

Life isn't fair," he whispered. "Sometimes, you just have to make the most of what you've got.

They had written it "for those who come after us to study, as an example of what it once cost to be in favor of liberty,

What good is your reality, when justice fails and dishonesty is glossed over and the ones who keep faith suffer

Sometimes you have to fight what won't yield and put yourself where it's safe to be crazy.