Quotes About Perseverance

Whenever a soul is brutalized, cleansing and healing must happen. But you are strong, Quinn. You learn from the past and the present, but you do not let it dictate your future. You let it guide you, inspire you and instruct you only.

A man who doesn't test the mettle of his soul isn't much of a man...

Love is not temporary. It endures everything even if it changes form. Even when it must be put away to handle harsher things, it's always there, ready to be called.

The only thing that ever scared him was finding out there was something he couldn't do, so he damn well made sure there was anything he couldn't.

But whatever lies beyond…You've helped me remember why it's worth fighting. Living. Even when the lines get so confusing you think you're losing your mind.

I'll endure anything for you, angel. Anything.

I will love my life and who I am, she said, with every action she took. I will forgive myself when I stumble, pick myself up and keep going. I will make sure that everyone in my life gets value from my presence in it, to thank them for their friendship and the experiences they provide me.

Count it, Marcie." She managed to get the first finger out. She was pretty sure she was losing her mind, because she chose her middle finger.

sometimes you've suffered enough, figured enough things out, that you earn something wonderful in this life.

It was a tough night," Marcus said briefly, another humorless smile crossing his mouth. "But they got what they paid for." "Jesus," Thomas murmured. Marcus slanted a glance at him, and his green eyes were hard, brittle. "Don't think about it, pet. I don't. No one who lives it dwells on this fucking stuff. You just thank God or your own balls for getting yourself through it, pulling yourself up into something better. The day I see pity in your face, I want your fucking ass out of my life.

Sometimes shattering is the best excuse to rebuild yourself on a better foundation.

Tell him why I didn't stop, Marcus." The art dealer sighed. "You never said anything about butterflies, you moron.

She had a formidable will, the will to live when she'd wanted to die, to rule when she'd only wanted to serve.

De store seire er aldri vunnet i det første slag.

To fill in all the gaps in my knowledge beforehand was out of the question for me. I had to write now, or not at all. And I wanted to write.

Tålamod är en av de viktigaste dygderna.

Many a crown shines spotless nowThat yet was deeply sullied in the winning.

Alle Kraft der Menschen wird erworben durch Kampf mit sich selbst und Ãœberwindung seiner selbst.

You don't get what you don't fight for.

It turned out pre-commitment was strikingly successful—resolving clearly to do something, and making a pledge that they'd stick to it, made the men significantly better at holding out.

Trying to lose weight in the environment we've built is like trying to run up an escalator that is constantly carrying you down. A few people might heroically sprint to the top - but most of us will find ourselves back at the bottom, feeling like its our fault.

The best experiences in life that I had, when I thought back on it, came from times when I had been in the mountains climbing…climbing and doing something really kind of difficult and dangerous—but within the scope of what I could do.

Until the day that "the Great Judge proclaims: / 'The last addict's died,'254 " the poem said, "Then—not till then—may you be retired.

al final, de lo que se trata es de lo terrible que resulta hacer algo carente de propósito y sentir que no tienes más remedio que continuar.