Quotes About Perseverance

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man, but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

The suffering man ought really to consume his own smoke; there is no good in emitting smoke till you have made it into fire.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to me was of invaluable service: 'Do the duty which lies nearest thee,' which thou knowest to be a Duty! Thy second duty will already have become clearer.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. And yet, as we said, Hope is but deferred; not abolished, not abolishable.

It is singular how long the rotten will hold together, provided you do not handle it roughly.

Know thyself': long enough has that poor 'self' of thine tormented thee; thou wilt never get to 'know' it, I believe! Think it not thy business, this knowing of thyself; thou art an unknowable individual: know what thou canst work at; and work at it, like a Hercules! That will be thy better plan.

to be weak is not so miserable; but to be weaker than our task.

The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

A man perfects himself by working. Foul jungles are cleared away, fair seed-fields rise instead, and stately cities; and with the man himself first ceases to be a jungle, and foul unwholesome desert thereby. The man is now a man.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

The man who rolls up his sleeves seldom loses his shirt.

Thomas de Quincey

Cut my legs off but don't take away my ability to think, dream, and write

If a person wishes to gain freedom of spirit and not be always troubled, let him begin by not being frightened by the cross, and he will see how the Lord also helps him carry it and he will gain satisfaction and profit from everything.36

England is still a place where a naughty boy who comes from nothing can live his dream.

I grew up in an isolated town, out in the middle of the Mojave Desert in the middle of a naval base. My family was one of the only South Asian families in this town. We felt it. We knew.

A lot of people, when they are expected to do great things they fold, but you have got to find a way to navigate it.

Football is not always easy; you need to navigate through some adversity.

I had to do so much self-searching and self-work and learning how to navigate in a world that seemed very mean.