Quotes About Perseverance

Finish your novel, because you learn more that way than any other.

James Scott Bell

Like every great writer before or since, Jonson understood that the best poets 'are both made and born'. That all great writing has to be hammered out and all great poets stand or fall by that 'second heat', their laboured revision.

could possibly be.

Fionn went [...] to carve a name for himself that will live while Time has an ear and knows an Irishman

Whoever Fights Monsters

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better

you can lose every round of a fight, just don't lose the last one.

Now I think I understand how this world can overcome a man.

It's forty kilometers through hell, sir," said the sergeant. Mitty finished one last brandy. "After all," he said softly, "what isn't?

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Books can be burned," croaked Black. "They have a way of rising from the ashes," said Andreus.

Después de todo ¿dónde no hay infierno?

I won't go down the horrible street To see the horrible people I'll gladly climb the terrible stair That leads to the terrible steeple And the terrible rats And the terrible bats And the cats in the terrible steeple But I won't go down the horrible street To see the horrible people

Patience is the key which solves all problems. ~ Sudanese Proverb

However long or dark the night is, the dawn will always break. ~ African Proverb

I have torn myself out of many bitter places In America, that seemed Tall and green-rooted in mid-noon.

It is hard for one man to beat an army," Danil said. "But not impossible," Baradar answered.

Today was going to get a whole lot worse before it got better.

We stop when we reach the top, climb out, shivering in the cold and ghostly mist under wind-blasted trees, to read the sign erected by the Public Works Department: "You have reached Trumseng La, Bhutan's highest road pass. Check Your Brakes. Bash On Regardless. Thank you."

May you be fearless in exploring uncharted waters. Here's to sailing through life with a smile on your face and joy in your heart—even when the seas are rough. Remember, there are always blue skies ahead.

Sometimes, when your world blows up, you discover sparkly bits among the debris.

drank, the more his behavior changed, even when he was sober. I confided his increasingly hateful behavior to my priest and my doctor, but they made me feel like I had somehow failed in my duty. They told me to try harder.

Change wasn't easy, even when life forced change upon you.