Quotes About Perseverance

Yo soy de los que creen que el ser humano está condenado de antemano a la derrota, a la derrota sin apelaciones, pero que hay que salir y dar la pelea y darla, además, de la mejor forma posible, de cara y limpiamente, sin pedir cuartel (porque además no te lo darán) e intentar caer como un valiente, y que eso es nuestra victoria.

Besides Archimboldi, there was one thing Morini, Pelletier, and Espinoza had in common. All three had iron wills. Actually, they had one other thing in common, but we'll get to that later.

Of what is lost, irretrievably lost, all I wish to recover is the daily availability of my writing, lines capable of grasping me by the hair and lifting me up when I'm at the end of my strength.

If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.

He types his labored column -- weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion,' 

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.

And let nothing stop us or slow us in our quest! We leave immediatly!" "Can I pee first?" "...We leave after Sheemie pees.

I think the best people, the ones who have reached the highest plateaus as human beings, are those who have known a great deal of adversity and have dealt with it and then moved ahead.

Mein Vater hat mich gelehrt, dass man zwar verlieren, aber nie aufgeben darf. (Patrick Swayze)

From A Ride Along the Great Wall, Page 112:

Look forward, not back. Correct your course and go on. You can't undo yesterday's journey.

For the weakest has but to try his strength to find it, and then he shall be strong.

The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.

To finally confront the worst there is, to look it squarely in the face and say, "I know you. You have hurt me, almost to death, but still I live. And I will go on living.

No being gets to decide what his life is 'supposed to be.' " She lifted her eyes and her gaze stabbed him. "Be a man. Discover where you are now, and go on from there, making the best of things. Accept your life, and you might survive it. If you hold back from it, insisting this is not your life, not where you are meant to be, life will pass you by. You may not die from such foolishness, but you might as well be dead for all the good your life will do you or anyone else.

You're not who he expected you to be; that doesn't mean you aren't somebody. Nor are you perfect. Stop using every mistake you make as an excuse to fail completely.

Still I promise myself, "Next time I will do better" in the all-too-human conceit that I will always be offered a "next time.

Useless to worry until we find ourselves blocked. ... If it happens, then we must simply find a way around it. It may slow us down. But we will never get there at all if we stand still and worry.

If a few students come reluctantly to their studies, then let them go. If all students come reluctantly to their studies, then let your scribe be dismissed and find another. For once students have been taught that learning is tedious, difficult, and useless, they will never learn another lesson.

You'll do well, if you don't mire in self-pity. Self-pity only gets you more of the same. Don't waste time on it.

When one has been disappointed for so long, hope becomes the enemy. One cannot be dashed to the earth unless one is lifted first, and I learned to avoid hope.

Sharpening your knife is never a waste of time.