Quotes About Perseverance

His feet still hurt horribly, but going back down the hill was easier than going up.

Yeah. I'm a lot better. I'm still not . . ." She shrugged. "I'm not exactly Little Miss Stability. At least, not yet. But I'm working on it." "Sometimes I think that's where most of us are," I said. "Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It's that second bit that's important.

They didn't want to kill me. They wanted to hurt me. And they were good at it.

I have fought long and hard against horrors even you would respect. I have been beaten, but I have not yielded. I'm not going to start yielding now.

It is vital that we not be made to seem wholly helpless in the opening moments of the war. Once a nation ceases to believe that they can win a war, that war is lost.

They're just itching for me to lead them in some meaningful crusade against evil. Hell, I have trouble just paying the bills.

Hope lets you do things you would otherwise never be able to do, gives strength when everything is darkest.

But, as it turned out, hell got up awfully early in the morning.

There was no sense in brooding over it. Life never stays the same. There's always some kind of curveball coming at you. Nothing to do but swing away.

But it's even more important that you build something worth fighting for.

Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. Each time, you come out of it a little stronger, and at some point you realize that there are more flavors of pain than coffee.

Ow," I complained. I keep my complaints succinct

I'm not exactly Little Miss Stability. At least, not yet. But I'm working on it. Sometimes I think that's where most of us are. Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It's that second bit that's important.

There are bad things in the world. There's no getting away from that. But that doesn't mean nothing can be done about them. You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because sometimes you get hurt.

I had to get myself moving before the problem started looking too big. It was the same principle as cleaning a really messy room. You don't think about everything you have to do. You focus on one thing and get it done, then move on to the next.

The reward for work well-done is more work. "Ain't that the truth," I muttered. I stuffed the book back in my pocket and hit the road again.

none of us ever really escapes the past. It just keeps coming back to haunt you.

Any will can be broken.

All right, so. The entire day wasn't a living hell. But, as it turned out, hell got up awfully early in the morning.

Industry and determination, Mister Kettle, can transform the difficult into the routine, Grimm said.

So really, it was just as well that Godmother had caught up to me, in spite of my best efforts to avoid her. I'd hate to find out that the universe really wasn't conspiring against me. It would jerk the rug out from under my persecution complex.

There's no way to know what's going to happen, Folly. But we'll blood well be on our feet when it does.

We still hadn't learned, though, that growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.

No matter how severe Vadderung's people might be, they're always cheered by the chance to give you a hard time.