Quotes About Perseverance

He liked to introduce himself to his new victims with: "I am Kees Kaptein, the greatest Jew crusher in the Netherlands!

If one has the will and persistance, one CAN do things.

Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune.

If one has the will and persistence, one CAN do things . . . always try every possible way, and if you don't see a way, ask for help . . . COURAGE ALL THE TIME.

J?s einat per savo dykum?. Aš einu per savo. Ken?iam kas sau, kovojam su savo demonais, o vienatv? kaip tik mus suartina.

N?ra nieko labiau slegian?io už palikim?, kai m?gini pakilti savo sparnais: tai blogiau negu virv? korimuisi.

Tu avais raison, lui dit-elle, l'Elgolie n'existe pas. Pas comme je le croyais, en tout cas. Mais je n'ai renoncé à rien. J'ai décidé de faire de la Galnicie une sorte d'Elgolie à ma façon. Qu'en penses-tu ? — Te connaissant, répondit Filomène avec un large sourire, je pense... que tu es parfaitement capable d'y arriver, Princetta !

Some of us have spent our whole lives committing suicide. And some of us survived.

Ein Kennzeichen davon, daß man noch auf eigene Werke vertraut, ist, daß sich bei einem ?Fehltritt die Hoffnung vermindert.? Worte der Weisheit HIKAM ? von Ibn Ata'Allah al-Iskandari

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

out and skinny

Annie Barrows

Sammy La Barba

break your heart

There has to be a way," she said, determinedly. "Nothing is impossible." Bean stared at her. "It's impossible for us to be good at ballet." "Well, that, sure," said Ivy. "But it's not impossible for us to break our arms.

I ask no other epitaph on my tomb but "'SHE TRIED TO FOLLOW TRUTH.

Were everything around us smooth and easy, we would remain supine, lethargic, indifferent. It is the whip of pain, of suffering, of disappointment, that drives us onward and brings out the forces of our internal life which otherwise would remain undeveloped.

I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as a dying friend. I hold its hand and hope it will get better.

The dedicated life is the life worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

When people quit on time, it will usually feel like they are quitting too early, because it will be long before they experience the choice as a close call.

Success does not lie in sticking to things. It lies in picking the right thing to stick to and quitting the rest.

If you feel like you've got a close call between quitting and persevering, it's likely that quitting is the better choice.

Optimism makes you less likely to walk away while not actually increasing your chances of success. That means that being overly optimistic will make you stick to things longer that aren't worthwhile. Better to be well calibrated. Life's too short to spend your time on opportunities that are no longer worthwhile.

When you are weighing whether to quit something or stick with it, you can't know for sure whether you can succeed at what you're doing because that's probabilistic. But there is a crucial difference between the two choices. Only one choice—the choice to persevere—lets you eventually find out the answer.