Quotes About Perseverance

In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us.

Extinguish my eyes, I'll go on seeing you. Seal my ears, I'll go on hearing you. And without feet I can make my way to you, without a mouth I can swear your name. Break off my arms, I'll take hold of you with my heart as with a hand. Stop my heart, and my brain will start to beat. And if you consume my brain with fire, I'll feel you burn in every drop of my blood.

For all of us it's the things that won't work that keep our interest.

Hari Singh Nalwa received four wounds: two from sabres, one from an arrow (which Nalwa pulled out himself), and the fourth from a gunshot. Before dying, he instructed his men not to give out word of his condition.

Speaking out matters. Perseverance matters. Teamwork matters. A common struggle helps, as does restraint or, when required, stepping aside—or stepping forward. Forgetting enmities also helps. Turning for aid to recent adversaries or 'outsiders' can be of benefit. And nursing great goals in the heart can become a contagious force.

Those who refuse to take a step toward their goal because it does not at once reach the goal are likely to stand still or move backward.

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.

And if you fall, don't FRET, Mo. The cains, the cranes, our LOVE will get you up.

And if you fall, don't FRET, Mo. The chains, the cranes, our LOVE will get you up.

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.

Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.

One thing that separates would-be writers from working writers is that the latter know their work will never match their dreams.

Find tricks to keep yourself going," William Least Heat Moon once advised a group of aspiring writers. "Anything you can do to trick yourself out of panicking, do it.

Success as a writer is within the grasp of whoever can tell a story on paper that people want to hear, and is willing to persist, to put up with boredom, frustration, and anxiety.

Sutton lost 13 games in a row without winning a ballgame.

Once I get on a puzzle, I can't get off. If my mother's friend had said, "Never mind, it's too much work," I'd have blown my top, because I want to beat this damn thing, as long as I've gone this far. I can't just leave it after I've found out so much about it. I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.

Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost ground

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.

What if we don't have a strong desire for God? What if we only half-heartedly desire to make progress on the path to full union with God? The Scripture and the teaching of the saints makes clear that when we lack something essential for the spiritual journey—such as a strong desire for God—then we are to ask for it, and it will be given. Not all at once necessarily, but gradually, over time, as we persevere in asking.

The saints tell us that usually, even in the very midst of exterior and interior trials, a deep-seated peace is felt. Persevering in the midst of these trials is a very important part of uniting our will to God's—and in His will is our peace.

One of the most common reasons why people begin the spiritual journey but then turn back is because they find themselves failing, wearing out, or getting tired or discouraged as a result of relying on their own strength or intellect rather than on the Lord. In