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Quotes About Perseverance

So it was that we soaped ourselves in sadness and we rinsed ourselves with hope,
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE WROTE THAT "if something is to stay in the memory it must be burned in: only that which never ceases to hurt stays in the memory.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
I think of the novelist Haruki Murakami, who compares writing a novel to digging a hole through deep rock to reach a source of water. To access mystery and intuition requires hard work and is a gamble, for there is no guarantee that we will find that source of water.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
Writing was entering into fog, feeling my way for a route from this world to the unearthly world of words, a route easier to find on some days than others.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
Strong and healthy, that's what these twins will be. They'll need to be. This country isn't for the weak or the fat.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
I think of the novelist Haruki Murakami, who compares writing a novel to digging a hole through deep rock to reach a source of water.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
Ordinary people live wanting, all their life. Successful people are willing to work for all their wants.
~ Unknown
We convert temporary defeats into permanent failures when we live lives far away from God, His Plans & His Purpose for us !
~ Unknown
Your rewards in life are determined by the kinds of problems you are willing to solve.
~ Unknown
After all, what business did a penniless waiter have to be participating in a brain quiz? The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.
~ Vikas Swarup
From the first moment; she said; From the first moment, you forgave everything I was and did. And this, this is nothing, because you will be here always... Remember. Death us nothing.
~ Vikram Chandra
Disappointment is stronger than a thousand of you.
~ Vikram Chandra
you will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
~ Vikram Seth
But what should I do?' Varun was saying. 'I'm not good for anything.' 'Write a book! Pull a rickshaw! Live! Don't make excuses,' said Dr. Ila Chattopadhyay, shaking her grey hair vigorously. 'Renounce the world like Dipankar. No, he's joined a bank, hasn't he? How did you do in your exams anyway?' she added." - Vikram Seth, "A Suitable Boy
~ Vikram Seth
La scortesia della gente ferisce solo se continuiamo a ricordarla.
~ Vikram Seth
A really great unfortunate person is one who cannot find water even in the sea.
~ Unknown
Always learn to accept ups and downs of life, because it clearly does offer.
~ Unknown
An excuse is a spoke of your bike which you take out of it on your highway to success.
~ Unknown
Be like a dog, love like a God, work like a slave and eat like a pauper.
~ Unknown
Be strong and capable. Do whatever you set your mind to. Fill yourself with strength and confidence.
~ Unknown
By doing; you inspire others to try, so keep doing.
~ Unknown
Challenges are the most truthful and strictest of teachers.
~ Unknown
Don't ever give up, know there is someone out there for you, who will love, respect and admire you too.
~ Unknown
Don't ever in life feel you have lost hope, GOD didn't place us here without ways to cope.
~ Unknown