Quotes About Perseverance

I'll be a candle right up your ass, you don't keep waddling, fat boy

Why am I not good at anything?" "You're a good dad." "It ain't rocket science." No, Vic thought. It was harder.

I liked it better when you were dying," Allie said. "You didn't bitch so much." "Look sharp, Allie. I think you missed a pothole back there. You don't want to break up your streak of dragging me over every one." Allie

would be a great comfort to her, and that was in fact exactly why she resisted. She had sensed if she gave in once, just once, the next time would be easy. They

Gold don't come off. What's good stays good, no matter how much of a beating it takes. You're okay. You'll always be okay.

Fuck it fuck it fuck it fuck it. They were perhaps the only true words of prayer she had ever been able to utter with all her heart.

Still, she shoved herself to her feet, because she needed to do what she could, whether it made a difference or not.

Harper smiled weakly for Renée, but felt unsteady and sick. She had to close her eyes to withstand the assault of the last thunderous verse—her Dragonscale crawled unpleasantly, and the only thought she could manage was, Stop, stop, stop—and when it was over, and the room erupted into stamping feet and whistles and applause, it was all she could do not to cry.

understood—heroism was exhausting business.

Gold don't come off. What's good stays good, no matter how much of a beating it takes.

We'll have to take it slow from here on out," the Fireman said. He had that one wrong.

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be kicked in the nuts as soon as they try to get back up.

I've already visited the lost and lonely place at the end of the world, and all I know is, the only way to keep going is to do the things the people you loved would've wanted you to do.

Angie has never had sticking power. She dropped out of high school; she walked out of the GED exam. Her longest relationship, prior to falling for Andy, was seven months. But then they'd met (no epic tale there—the game was on at a hometown bar), and something in her character was spontaneously altered.

We're stronger than we think.

note to Lois]Believe. Always believe.

I learned it... after the storm... we're a lot stronger than we think we are.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before (Philippians 3:13).

If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.

There's a word for a writer who never gives up: published.

There's a word for an author who doesn't give up... published.

Horse racing is not so much a business as it is a calling. The work requires too much time and energy to pursue it with anything less than utter passion; and even then, the odds against success can seem practically insurmountable.

You've gotta work hard to stay on top, and when you stop wanting to work hard, you just become average. That happens to anyone.

You take whatever victories you find in this game, and you measure success in the smallest of increments.