Quotes About Perseverance

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:4–8a NIV).

Wisdom never kicks at the iron walls it can't bring down.

Just like a spider with a line of silk! Did you ever see them throw themselves out into space to weave? They're taking a chance, every single time. They got to do it or else they'd never create anything. But I bet it don't feel good, even to a spider.

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. —Margaret Atwood

You have to sink way down to a level of hopelessness and desperation to find the book that you can write. —Susan Sontag

As they say in the RAF: "Any prang you walk away from is a good prang".

Al ritorno bisogna prendere il coraggio a due mani e fare il giro delle redazioni. Se non lo fate, per quanto siano belle le vostre foto, languiranno sugli scaffali. E' sempre difficile vendere il proprio lavoro perché ci si mette troppo ego. Abbiamo paura di essere giudicati, temiamo il rifiuto, viviamo male l'insuccesso.

Non ci sono segreti per riuscire. Solo il talento e il lavoro. E cuore...

Come lieta appare la terra a chi nuota se Poseidone infranta gli abbia la nave urtata dal vento e dall'onde furiose, e pochi sfuggirono al mare nuotando e toccaron la riva, e molta e densa salsedine incrosta la pelle, e scampati da morte a terra vengon allegri: similmente apparve alla donna caro il marito.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.

The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.

In the mist of Difficulty lies Opportunity.

What I love most about reading: It gives you the ability to reach higher ground. And keep climbing.

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.

Everything happens for a reason, even when we are not wise enough to see it. When there is no struggle, there is no strength.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

I will tell you that there have been no failures in my life. I don't want to sound like some metaphysical queen,but there have been no failures. There have been some tremendous lessons.

Wherever you are in your journey, I hope you, too, will keep encountering challenges. It is a blessing to be able to survive them, to be able to keep putting one foot in front of the other—to be in a position to make the climb up life's mountain, knowing that the summit still lies ahead. And every experience is a valuable teacher.

Think back for a moment on your own history -- not just where you were born or where you grew up, but the circumstances that contributed to your being right here, right now. What were the moments along the way that wounded or scared you? Chances are, you've had a few. But here's what's remarkable: You are still here, still standing.

The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.

If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.