Quotes About Perseverance

Waiting is one of the things that human beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully if we are to know happiness.

What we had both done was keep on keeping on, which is all any of us can do.

rational optimism is required of anyone who hopes to be a survivor

And one thing experience has taught me is that life can hammer you hard just when everything seems to be so fine, but life can also drop the most amazing moments of grace on you just when you thought nothing good would ever happen again.

The best weapons against evil were hope, optimism, determination, and faith.

And one form of heroism, about which few if any films will be made, is having the courage to live without bitterness when bitterness is justified, having the strength to persevere even when perseverance seems unlikely to be rewarded, having the resolution to find profound meaning in life when it seems the most meaningless.

Trouble was coming, sure, but it's always coming, and meanwhile it's best to live with a smile.

I'd settle for just getting my head above the shit line before I drown.

pace the corridor back and forth until I wear the edge off my nerves or just collapse unconscious from exhaustion

He can't endure being powerless. He cannot tolerate it.

Saffron "Sunny" Ketterling

At forty-four, though bitter, she was nonetheless grateful that she hadn't been rendered penniless. Having clawed her way to the top once before, she'd been left with just enough assets to start the climb again. This time she would not make the mistake that had led to her ruin; she would not marry.

After you have suffered great losses and known much pain, it is not cowardice to wish to live henceforth with a minimum of suffering. And one form of heroism, about which few if any films will be made, is having the courage to live without bitterness when bitterness is justified, having the strength to persevere even when perseverance seems unlikely to be rewarded, having the resolution to find profound meaning in life when it seems the most meaningless

The price I paid for that lesson has left my heart an almost empty purse, with just two coins or three clinking at the bottom.

Lee Shacket

Sometimes life seemed to be a machine designed to crush dreams as effectively as a junkyard hydraulic press crumpled cars into compact cubes.

To be a winner, you gotta be in the game.

She isn't a survivalist, but she intends to survive.

a German shepherd—that lost one leg in a violent encounter

After twenty-six months on Jacob's Ladder, her fear has largely faded

She is not happy, nor is she unhappy; she takes pleasure in her endurance.

Lisa Chelgrin.

Boris Sergetov

Ian Stonebridge