Quotes About Perseverance

I see a man," she said softly. "A man with the roar of cannons still ringing in his ears. A man bloodied by life, but not beaten. A man with a scar that draws his mouth into a frown when he might actually long to smile.

Do not dismayed daughters, at the number of things which you have to consider before setting out on this divine journey, which is the royal road to heaven. By taking this road we gain such precious treasures that it is no wonder if the cost seems to us a high one. The time will come when we shall realize that all we have paid has been nothing at all by comparison with the greatness of our prizes.

O Lord, all our troubles come to us because we do not have our eyes fixed on you. If only we looked at the path we're walking, we would soon arrive. But, we stumble and fall a thousand times and we stray because we do not set our eyes on the true Way.

Once, when she was travelling to one of her convents, St. Teresa of Ávila was knocked off her donkey and fell into the mud, injuring her leg. "Lord," she said, "you couldn't have picked a worse time for this to happen. Why would you let this happen?" And the response in prayer that she heard was, "That is how I treat my friends." Teresa answered, "And that is why you have so few of them!

Let us not fail him; do not fear that he will fail you. And if some time he should fail you, it will be for a greater good. The

We are fonder of spiritual sweetness than of crosses.

damos mil caídas y tropiezos y erramos el camino por no poner los ojos -como digo- en el verdadero camino. Parece que nunca se anduvo, según se nos hace nuevo.

there are people whose nature it is to be very much cast down by small things.

All the trials that we have suffered will, I believe, have been endured to good purpose. The rule is rather strict, for meat is never eaten except in cases of necessity

It is true that I might stumble for trying to do too much too soon, but it is also certain that I will never succeed if I hope for too little, or out of fear of failing start not at all.

Alma mía, toma la cruz con gran consuelo, que ella sola es el camino para el cielo.

Fixed your eyes on the Crucified One and all will seem easy.

At first it may cause a good deal of trouble, for the body insists on its rights, not understanding that if it refuses to admit defeat it is, as it were, cutting off its own head.

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.

Even if you are in a labyrinth at a dead end you have a choice; Change your course and seek an another exit or break down the wall. It's your choice.

I live a life That burns a hole through life, that leaves a scar for life, That makes me weep for another life. Define life.

I used to hear about guys who played saying how difficult it is getting up in the morning, and now I'm experiencing it those same effects.

Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody, but unbowed." When

Despite all of their flaws and difficulties, these men don't want to walk out on their own lives, leave their wives and children. They want to come home.

Love is not for the faint of heart.

We are so busy attempting to manage the result that we fail simply to run the race.

Our job is to stand up for our beliefs, cling to them no matter what, and wait for our redemption. Jesus will not let us down.

She had always asked him what, exactly, he was training for. Now she knew.

And the only answer I know is That no child should give up on life. Math deals in absolutes. But life is the most absolute of all.