Quotes About Perseverance

I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well, I guess all my dreams didn't come true.

The strong lean upon death as on a rock.

Struggling is mandatory. Suffering is optional.

I wanted to do it for you," he said. "I wanted to show you how much I would do, how far I would go. How hard I would work.

It's usually the roughest waters that teach us the most.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. —Voltaire

You know, Pastor, how we always say God won't give us more than we can handle?" "Yes, Lydie." She sighed. "I wish God didn't have such a high opinion of me." *

Unfairness and injustice are two things that really threaten blind faith.

tuition, lots of fund-raising and often

After all, Jack had gone into war five times and the only really bad injury he'd sustained was a pretty miserable shot in the ass. Not everyone who went to war came out crippled.

She would never be without support. Sierra was nine months sober.

Just when she started to feel she was with a man who could carry his weight, he confessed that he was nuts and had to work on his issues by trotting over the mountains. Boy, could she pick 'em. Whatever saint was in charge of her love life was terrible at it.

You have to find something, Officer Dodge. Something that anchors you, something that keeps you looking forward, even on the bad days, when you're tempted to look back.

Problem solvers, doers. Life hasn't always been kind to them, but it's made them stronger, more determined. Opportunity isn't given, it must be made.

But welcome to the world of being a survivor. You make it out alive, and yet you spend the rest of your life wondering woulda, coulda, shoulda.

Pain has a flavor.

elementary school. I'd worked hard to find the apartment, hoping that a nice unit

Because what is love if not an exercise in faith. Because what is love if not perseverance. Because what is love if not forgiveness.

Even our deepest disappointments will ultimately prove to be gatekeepers for future delight.

When it feels like He's not hearing our prayers because we aren't getting immediate answers, He's still moving mountains on our behalf.

We are surrounded by a great cloud of people whose lives tell us what faith means. So let us run the race that is before us and never give up." —Hebrews 12:1a NCV

His only lead was Ginny Slade, aka Virginia Watson Slade, and he'd have to track her down, but it wouldn't be easy. It would take time and money. Lots and lots of Danvers money.

Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.

Lisa Jackson