Quotes About Perseverance

My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things -- they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds.

All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way to start in the business, get success without getting a big head and learn your craft.

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

What tho' the clouds are o'er us? They cannot quench the flame That burns in freemen's bosoms-- 'Tis deathless as his name; Another year, and brightly Shall shine our clouded sun, No shadow o'er our country, The land of Washington.

Thou wishest fame! ambition in thy soul Bids thee toil onward to the distant goal, And holds the dazzling prize before the view, Fought for by many; gained by ah, how few!

Happy that the illness had left no trace on Dirmit, Atiye let her go outside that very day. But Atiye was wrong. The illness had marked her daughter in other ways. After the notch disease, Dirmit was left with certain traits that passed unnoticed. She kept everything she did as secred, and started to take pity on odd things.

Dressed up sharply, Seyit kissed his mother's hand, stepped down the stairs and ventured forth to become a rich man. After he had left, Dirmit spread out her books on top of the sewing machine and started to study.

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.

Vulnerant omnia, ultima necat. (All the hours wound you, the last one kills)

A bird's song is beautiful, but if it never stops you feel like shooting it.

You have no idea how to drown, so you're gonna swim.

This is the terrible thing about a tragedy. It isn't with you every minute. You forget it, and then you remember it again. And you see it with a stark quality: This is what is required of you now, just to get along.

Watching my grandfather work taught me that not everything was fluid. There were certain things that you hit from different angles, but you never gave up on. You did the work that was needed, wherever that work took you.

You have to grow about eight hundred grapes to get just one bottle of wine. If that isn't an argument to finish the bottle, I don't know what is. —Anonymous

In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage." —Sir Robert Anderson, Author

She expected it. You can dodge the first devil that can sabotage your efforts by making sure you ask, not expect.

While the no answer is not ideal, if you say over and over a number of times, "No now is not a no forever," you will feel better about yourself, shake off this one occurrence, and get back to asking again.

La esperanza podía trastornar a una persona hasta hacerla rozar la locura.

Laura Gallego García

No tienes ni la menor idea de lo que ha significado para mi recoger todos los pedazos de mis sueños rotos" Shi-Mae

Somos grandes, alitas y nada...nada podrá pararnos'' Bran

Gracias por seguir existiendo." Victoria

Eres como un grano en el culo, Viana. Es muy difícil protegerte cuando no dejas de ponerte en peligro una y otra vez.

los sueños, como todos sabemos, se sueñan dentro de nuestra cabeza, y se cumplen allí donde te encuentras. El truco es agarrarlos por la cola y no dejarlos ir, cueste lo que cueste. Por más bestias que se interpongan en tu camino.