Quotes About Perseverance

I'd had enough surprises in the last few months to know that you don't always find the answers you're looking for without finding about fifty unwanted ones first.

By all means, cried the bard, his eyes lighting up. A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault! Batter down the gates! There's not much of it left to storm, said Eilonwy. Oh? said Fflewddur, with disappointment. Very well, we shall do the best we can.

Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.

He will not succeed in this, Taran said. Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope. I agree absolutely, Fflewddur answered. Your general idea is excellent; it's only the details that are lacking...

If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.

Go back' Taran shouted at the top of his voice.'Have you lost your wits?' Eilonwy, for it was she, half-halted. She had tucked her plaited hair under a leather helmet. The Princess of Llyr smiled cheerfully at him. 'I understand you're upset,' she shouted back, 'but that's no cause to be rude.' She galloped on. For a time, Taran could not believe he had really seen her.

My luck's no greater than yours or any man's. You need only sharpen your eyes to see your luck when it comes, and sharpen your wits to use what falls into your hands.

I shall not lie! Eilonwy cried, not for this traitor and deserter. It is not for him, Taran said quietly, but for the sake of our quest. It isn't right, Eilonwy began, tears starting in her eyes. We do not speak of rightness, Taran answered. We speak of a task to be finished.

As a boy, he had dreamed of taking a man's place among men; and, as a boy, had deemed himself well fit to do so. Now, amid the grizzled, battle-wise warriors, his strength seemed feeble, his knowledge clouded.

At the end of their grim race, death might be the only prize.

When prophecies give no help, men must find it themselves.

Some days are like that...and what's to be done about it? Nothing, alas, but hope things will brighten, which they very likely won't. But there you are, it's all one can do.

But that's not true," Taran called. "I—I was …" By then, Eilonwy was out of earshot. Crestfallen, Taran followed her. "I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard. "Can you?" "Never mind," Fflewddur said. "We aren't really expected to.

See much, study much, suffer much.

Just when you think life is a bitch, it has puppies.

Be proud of your pain, for you are stronger than those with none.

If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways.

Go, he said. This is your journey, your battle. Be brave. Find your gift. Use it to save what you love.

Think only on the climb. Think on what you control

That's all that brave means - not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do. Of course you were frightened. I was too, today. But you kept your mind on what you had to do.

You will fail. Then they will kill you. - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial.

It was my journey and i had to do it without help. I had to find my own strengths, face my own fears.

Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, It isn't fair about everything else.

Take pride in your pain," her mother had always told her. "You are stronger than those who have none.