Quotes About Perseverance

As Nietzsche said: 'He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.

wolves'),111 keeping him alive for many months longer than he could ever have survived without the solidarity of such utterly dissimilar individuals.

Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

But although the young Houston could secret himself away for hours enraptured by the classics, in a classroom he remained, from all indications, terrible.

He ran with a staggering gate the last few feet and managed to grab the quarterdeck

Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks.

Turned to religion in times of temptation.

and work meant an end to my diet of lotus flowers.

Disasters have a way of making us stronger in the broken places.

His game of hide-and-seek about Bull Bun, Centreville, and Manassas Plains was grand, but marred in completeness by the failure of General A. P. Hill to meet his orders for the afternoon of the 28th. As a leader he was fine; as a wheel-horse, he was not always just to himself. He was fond of the picturesque.

I fought at Serenity Valley. It ain't about optimism. It's about doin' what's right even when everything's stacked against you.

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.

Make your feet your friend.

If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.

If you have to do it, you can do it.

Change is the province of leaders. It is the work of leaders to inspire people to do things differently, to struggle against uncertain odds, and to persevere toward a misty image of a better future.

The climb to the top is arduous and steep. People become exhausted, frustrated, and disenchanted, and are often tempted to give up. Genuine acts of caring draw people forward.

How did you do it?" we asked Don. "How did you make it to the top of Mount Rainier on one leg?" "One hop at a time," he said.

The difficult we can do immediately; the impossible will take a little longer.

Hermann Buhl with K2. First

God brings tests into your life because your faith in Him--your belief that He is in control and that He is good--can be proved only in times when life is hard.

Prayer is the easiest thing to assume in church and the hardest thing to maintain. Prayer is the first thing our flesh stops when times get easy, and true prayer is the last thing we resort to when times get tough.