Quotes About Perseverance

Well, it's a heck of a lot better than a broken hallelujah. And also, Please, God, I sure could use some grace.

Adeline, you make things so much harder for yourself than you have to," she said. "Silly girl, it's not what the universe gives us that matters. It's what we give the universe.

Even in the snarkiest of times, stay true.

Tears burned in my eyes as I got to my feet. My face scrunched up and a sound came out of my throat, but even then I didn't leave. I stood there, waiting for her to stop me, and only when she looked away did I realize she already had.

We're all just people...We all have things we deal with, but it's all right. We always muddle through.

I vowed after that day that I would be your hero too, no matter how long it took

I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.

But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins.

That's another thing to remember: hope keeps you alive. Even when you're dead, it's the only thing that keeps you alive.

I have not healed so much as learned to sit still and wait while pain does its dancing work, trying not to panic or twist in ways that make the blades tear deeper, finally infecting the wounds.

In real time, darkness might last eight hours, but in psychological time, it can go for vast stretches.

Lauren St. John

That was how it always was with Colleen: No matter how sad she felt, there was always this little bit of hope - like a speck of glitter caught in your eyelash - that never went away, no matter what.

Sometimes we must all fall out of a tree.

But eleven-year-old Max Rosen was determined to stay alive.

A person has to face up to things. You never solve anything by running away.

Lauren Tarshis

would practice

On and on they went.

There would be more storms ahead, John knew. But somehow they'd all made it through the blizzard. Whatever was coming, they would face it. Maybe that's what it meant to be a pioneer.

But there was more. "And we showed that Americans are willing to fight the most powerful army in the world. We showed that we can hold our ground.

a few bad apples is no reason not to visit the orchard.

I found the guy! After more than twenty years of being single and jerked around and cheated on and alone, I found my soul mate. Pardon my French, but you think I give a shit about the flowers?

It's one thing to call off an engagement or even a wedding once the invitations are out—it's hard, but it happens. But on the actual day? You're walking, sister. Get yourself down that aisle and do whatever you have to do afterward, you know?