Quotes About Perseverance

It's hard for a black man to raise a family.

Burn with that consuming fire of objectivity that forces a man to renew efforts that are doomed to failure.

When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of ankle-deep slurry.

Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realise his wishes- Now that he can realise them, he must either change them or perish

Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

The advertising man who spares the midnight oil will never get very far.

Wherever it pleases God to put man in this world, the Christian must be ready for martyrdom and death. It is only in this way that man learns faith.

As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private.

When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.

The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.

MMA for me was a stepping stone in my life as a man to grow.

America is still the best country for the common man -- white or black ... if he can't make it here he won't make it anywhere else.

It is silly not to hope, besides I believe it is a sin." The Old Man and the Sea

The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.

A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.

Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves nor take away from themselves.

Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character.

We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor.

I encounter really tough men and women who are just so harsh, you can't bend them. You do come across these kinds of people in every profession-just unyielding.

I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, an that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire." (From Rebecca)

Great men too make mistakes, and many among them do it so often that one is almost tempted to call them little men.

Superiority to circumstances is one of the most prominent characteristics of great men.

A great man may commence life in a hovel.

Before 'Mad Men,' I definitely had very dry spells and I know what those feel like, and I don't think that ever leaves you as an actor.