Quotes About Perseverance

What I am in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart.

I knew well enough that one could fracture one's legs and arms and recover afterward, but I did not know that you could fracture the brain in your head and recover from that too.

If only we try to live righteously, we shall fare well, even though we are bound to encounter genuine sadness and real disappointments and shall probably commit real mistakes and do things that are wrong, but it is certainly better to be ardent in spirit, even though one makes more mistakes, than narrow-minded and overly-cautious.

What am I in the eyes of most people? A good-for-nothing, an eccentric and disagreeable man, somebody who has no position in society and never will have. Very well, even if that were true, I should want to show by my work what there is in the heart of such an eccentric man, of such a nobody.

Be of good heart.

Anyone who leads an upright life and experiences real difficulty and disappointment and yet is not crushed by them is worth more than one for whom everything has always been plain sailing and who has known nothing but relative prosperity.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? If you hear a voice within saying 'You are not a painter' then by all means paint – and that voice will be silenced.

What am I in the eyes of most people –a nonentity or an eccentric or an obnoxious person –someone who has no position in society and never will have, in short the lowest of the low. Well, then –even if that were all absolutely true, I should one day like to show by my work what there is in the heart of such an eccentric, of such a nobody.

Whoever lives sincerely and encounters much trouble and disappointment, but is not bowed down by them, is worth more than one who has always sailed before the wind and has only known relative prosperity.

În fine, nu m? pot l?sa prad? melancoliei, trebuie s? g?sesc o ieÈ™ire, c?ci datoria mea e s? lucrez. Sunt clipe când nu-mi g?sesc liniÈ™tea decât în certitudinea c? nenorocirea nu m? va cruÈ›a nici pe mine.

I have had no "guidance or teaching" from others to speak of, but taught myself; no wonder my technique, considered superficially, differs from that of others. But that's no reason for my work to remain unsaleable. I feel pretty sure that the large "Sorrow," "The Old Woman of the Geest," the "Old Man," and others, will find a purchaser someday.

If the emotions are sometimes so strong that one works without knowing one works, when sometimes the strokes come with a continuity and a coherence like words in a speech or a letter, then one must remember that it has not always been so, and that in time to come there will again be hard days, empty of inspiration. So one must strike while the iron is hot, and put the forged bars on one side.

One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.

In an artist's life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing.

Well, being sorry and giving up doesn't help us on; the only thing to do is to push forward.

Every man must bear his own burden.

pareceu-me que você, assim como eu, estava sofrendo por ver sua juventude passar em brancas nuvens; mas se ela nasce e ressurge no que fazemos, nada está perdido e a capacidade de trabalhar é uma nova juventude.

Todas as suas bondades para comigo, hoje eu as achei maiores do que nunca, não consigo dizer-lhe como eu o sinto, mas eu lhe asseguro que essa bondade foi de um bom quilate, e se você não vê seus resultados, meu caro irmão, não se atormente por isto, sua bondade permanecerá.

Contudo procuro sistematicamente evitar as brigas, e prossigo quietinho no meu caminho.

O mesmo acontece com os homens, camponeses e mulheres; não é sempre que eles são interessantes, mas, quando se é paciente com eles, vemos tudo o que essas pessoas têm de Millet.

And yet I go on; if we are tired isn't it then because we have already walked a long way, and if it is true that man has his battle to fight on earth, is not then the feeling of weariness and the burning of the head a sign that we have been struggling? When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing we fight a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil.

One must never trust the occasion when one is without difficulties.

Bom – afinal há tantos pintores que de um modo ou de outro são doidos, que pouco a pouco me consolarei.

estou certo que a vontade de trabalhar me devorará e me tornará insensível a todo o resto, e de bom humor.