Quotes About Perseverance

Our worst day brings out the best in us

I've been ripped off, conned, lied to and cheated... but I'm still here. Cheaters never prosper. If stealing from you is the only way for them to get ahead - they're never going to get very far. Because thats all they are - just a thief. When they lose it, they can't rebuild because they don't know how. They never did the ground work in the first place. All they know is how to steal!

You have to be in the game long enough to see the results.

The main thing is finding the time to sit down and write. You have to make the time.

Self-enrichment is that act of creating a thousand micro wins, so you can have one macro win.

most people unconsciously dream themselves out of their goals. They dream so far past their current reality—or what's currently possible—that they end up abandoning their goals and damaging their own self-esteem.

It's fun to read when you're not afraid of making mistakes. Bonnie teaches me that it's okay to go slow, and to keep trying – just like the sticker says.

It's our scars that define us.

We attack the problems. They don't attack us.

Shit happens, but it only stinks as long as you keep it around.

Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. —Al Capone CHAPTER

I need to know I can be what he needs, that we can get through the darkness together." ~ Demand

Mark's navigating dark and stormy waters, and I'm either going to pull him out, or drown with him. I don't know which.

True confidence means you're prepared to work hard enough and smart enough to make your own thunder. You don't need someone else's.

I need to know I can be what he needs, that we can get through the darkness together. - demand

That must have been devastating." "At the time, yes," I admit, "but it helped me become me. We grow with every mountain we climbed. Even the ones that we fall down." "Even those we fall down," she says softly, almost to herself. She flicks me a look. "I think falling down is better than not climbing.

It's our scars that define us, Sara. Diego has to live life to appreciate life.

Know what you can bend to your will, and don't waste energy on what you can't. It'll suck you dry, like it is right now.

I'm going to have to grow my own teeth.

Lisa Renee Jones

We work together to get things done every damn day. Most Americans don't live their lives solely as Democrats, Republicans, liberals, or conservatives. Americans live their lives more as people that are just a little bit late for something they have to do, often something they do not want to do. But they do it, impossible things every day that are only made possible through the little, reasonable compromises we all make.

I guess this thing we call faith is a climb. I always wanted to think of it as a big slide straight into the arms of God who waits at the bottom to catch us. But instead, He's a God who's on top of things - & like any mountain you climb, the closer we get to Him, the steeper the terrain.

Nah. I'm a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I'm fine.

When I knew I couldn't suffer another moment of pain, and tears fell on my bloody bindings, my mother spoke softly into my ear, encouraging me to go one more hour, one more day, one more week, reminding me of the rewards I would have if I carried on a little longer. In this way, she taught me how to endure — not just the physical trials of footbinding and childbearing but the more torturous pain of the heart, mind, and soul.