Quotes About Perseverance

the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules.

Getting things down to routines and habits takes willpower at first but in the long run conserves willpower," says Baumeister.

How to build a resilient schedule Creating a back-up slot for the things that matter starts with figuring out what matters. I asked Tranquility by Tuesday participants to think about things that were important to them but had a tendency to get bumped from the schedule. Maybe it's a Saturday-morning long run with a friend that keeps getting canceled because of rain or complicated family schedules.

know that discipline isn't exactly a fun concept, but this skill of picturing yourself on

la fuerza de voluntad, al igual que los músculos, se fatiga si se usa demasiado.

I know the grim probability of my own future. The odds are high that the best of me has already been ripped away and that id I don't keep hold of myself I will lose what's left.

this is no place for miracles

Why should I just sit around hoping it happens when maybe I can do something to make it happen?

real life isn't like the movies. The victim doesn't usually win. She just endures.

So sometimes what takes you down can be used to raise you up again.

So I wait for him because I always have, because out of all the moments that went wrong, I think there were just as many that went right, just as much love and heat and want as hurt, disappointment, and cruelty. I want to believe there's a balance here, that out of this tragedy will come some good, and there will be a happy ending.

Yes, she believed God loved her. But if this whole fiasco was His idea of love . . .

Lauraine Snelling

the world. When the men

Was she like the prairie, only slowly yielding to God's plow in her life? She needed busting, then backsetting, and finally after snow and sun and rain, the seeds could be planted that would sprout into living wheat.

I always have liked him. He's basically a good guy. But sometimes, Rebecca, a person goes so far down a road, they can't find the energy to walk back the other way.

A pioneer is not someone who makes her own soap. She is one who takes up her burdens and walks toward the future.

I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would save yourself.

That's absolutely one of my most favorite movies, for so many reasons. I fought for that part; I wanted it badly. I took a lower salary, I did everything. Grace Kelly said, 'I'll never forgive you for playing that part. It was written for me. She [Kelly] got the prince [Rainier], I got the part.'

I've buried a husband, I've raised two daughters. I've made my coffee.

Patience was not my strong point.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

Lauren Baratz-Logsted